The call says that you have an urgent matter to discuss with the IRS. (Reply #7)

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Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:49 AM

peace13 (11,076 posts)

7. The call says that you have an urgent matter to discuss with the IRS.

It is a recording and gives a phone number to call to 'resolve' the issues! My guess is that if you call them back they solicit money from you, pretending to be the IRS. I received several in Oho.

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30 replies	Author	Time	Post
Fake IRS agents target more than 366,000 in huge tax scam [View all]	DonViejo	Mar 2015	OP
Sen Wyden & Hatch & others held a hearing (CSPAN) this morning about this:	misterhighwasted	Mar 2015	#1
2 of my elderly neighbors asked me about this.	dixiegrrrrl	Mar 2015	#2
There's a link on the IRS website	Lefta Dissenter	Mar 2015	#25
Why is nearly every scam based in Florida?	bigworld	Mar 2015	#3
So what is the ruse?	Still Sensible	Mar 2015	#4
The call says that you have an urgent matter to discuss with the IRS.	peace13	Mar 2015	#7
Thanks! n/t	Still Sensible	Mar 2015	#13
I got a few of those.	mahatmakanejeeves	Mar 2015	#18
I got a few of those in Virginia, too. I ignored them because I knew we didn't owe a damn thing. nt	Nay	Mar 2015	#20
Mine were area code 202 as well! N/t	peace13	Mar 2015	#22
From the IRS website	Lochloosa	Mar 2015	#15
Thanks for letting everyone know.	Cal33	Mar 2015	#23
Thank you for posting this!	peace13	Mar 2015	#5
I verbally abused the shit	sharp_stick	Mar 2015	#6
The poor goat.	Treant	Mar 2015	#9
I got one from a guy who sounded just like a Nigerian or something. It was a Caliif. number.	Shrike47	Mar 2015	#8
My name is kookie	father founding	Mar 2015	#10
I got two of those calls	heaven05	Mar 2015	#11
I think it would be better to tell them off without explaining what they did wrong. Doing	Cal33	Mar 2015	#24
I've found that the best response	2naSalit	Mar 2015	#12
From the IRS Website. They never call demanding payment!	Lochloosa	Mar 2015	#14
Link to the source please	mrdmk	Mar 2015	#16
Got one as well.	byronius	Mar 2015	#17
These IRS scam calls are still going on	project_bluebook	Mar 2015	#19
I hope they call me, I'd love to use this on them...	Bryce Butler	Mar 2015	#21
OH MY GOD LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL	NoJusticeNoPeace	Mar 2015	#27
They have called my land line several times, not sure if they are calling cell phones	NoJusticeNoPeace	Mar 2015	#26
I got one of those a few weeks ago - they left a voicemail message	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2015	#28
I haven't gotten that one yet.	SheilaT	Mar 2015	#29
This kind of crap would be dead simple for the NSA to halt.	Thor_MN	Mar 2015	#30

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