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csziggy

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13. I got a call from them the same day I got a letter from the IRS

Reply to Crabby Appleton (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 07:22 AM

May 2016

The call was rude and obnoxious. The letter was very polite. This worried me since letters from the IRS used to be very rude.

I ignored the call and took the letter to my CPA.

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Five arrested in IRS impersonation scam [View all] Crabby Appleton May 2016 OP

Good start. I've had more than one of those calls. I think they target seniors... Hekate May 2016 #1

They called me two tax years in a row marlakay May 2016 #3

They were starting to really annoy me. I got seven calls in one day 1monster May 2016 #4

I got a call too, they left a message. cynzke May 2016 #14

So glad they finally found those SOBs... n/t ReRe May 2016 #2

I've been called a number of times... ailsagirl May 2016 #5

I called the FBI-----------------the IRS never calls you-they send a letter turbinetree May 2016 #6

I got such a call just about a month ago dreamnightwind May 2016 #7

I just now got another call ailsagirl May 2016 #18

they call me all the time. I just don't have the money. I gave it all to a Nigerian Prince. olddad56 May 2016 #8

I sent the date/time and number they left on my voicemail to the state Attorney LuckyLib May 2016 #9

Excellent nab. Several years in a row now for us. byronius May 2016 #10

I got a call from these motherfuckers that went straight to voicemail, where they had left a message MrScorpio May 2016 #11

The last time I got a call like this melm00se May 2016 #12

I got a call from them the same day I got a letter from the IRS csziggy May 2016 #13

A variation of this type of scam that I was subjected to... Alkene May 2016 #15

Good! Maybe those damn US Teasury foreign accent voicemails will stop now. Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #16

We use whistler162 May 2016 #17