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Doreen

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29. I have never gotten a call being told that the local cops were being called on me.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 03:03 AM

Sep 2018

I did get a call from the "IRS" telling me I owed money and that I was going to be taken to court if I did not pay at that time with a credit card. I told them I need to talk to my lawyer and hung up. I then called my brother who is a tax lawyer in Portland Oregon and he said it was a scam and that people have been talking to their lawyers about it for the same reason I talked to him. What a bunch of asses.

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OH NO! my voicemail says, "I'll be taken under custody unless I call..." [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2018 OP

Gosh, Mr. Manafort, I didn't know you were a DUer. NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 #1

I got one about a serious offense awesomerwb1 Sep 2018 #2

I get that one all the time. Aristus Sep 2018 #7

Mr. Gnarly Daniels Mopar151 Sep 2018 #3

I found one of those calls on my voicemail, sorry I didn't pick up at the time The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #4

The calls I have been getting are robocalls csziggy Sep 2018 #23

Here's an epic troll of a telemarketer Cirque du So-What Sep 2018 #5

Glad I wasn't drinking anything discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2018 #19

My 13 year old fields these calls MontanaMama Sep 2018 #6

I suggest you call yourself "John Barron" marylandblue Sep 2018 #8

I've been getting those for several year... MiniMe Sep 2018 #9

I got my first one of those the other day. It said they would be forced to call in 'the cops.' CurtEastPoint Sep 2018 #10

Just for fun... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2018 #16

Crazy IRS Scammer Threatens To Kill Old Lady Over $200 ;) RandiFan1290 Sep 2018 #11

Just got it half an hour ago too Ron Obvious Sep 2018 #12

Well....... whistler162 Sep 2018 #13

Say you want to pay in Bitcoin and make them speak out the receiving address Flaleftist Sep 2018 #14

BEWARE of Internal Revenue Services Stallion Sep 2018 #15

Yeah, I keep getting that one Va Lefty Sep 2018 #18

Tell them that you're on your way to the Police station to turn yourself in. Laffy Kat Sep 2018 #17

You people are all too cynical SCantiGOP Sep 2018 #20

14.5? ProfessorGAC Sep 2018 #30

A while back I had one on the phone for 20 minutes discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2018 #31

I had a call like this once Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #21

If you call back they offer to let you pay off your debt csziggy Sep 2018 #26

You will be reported to the "local cops" Danmel Sep 2018 #22

We've been getting the phony Microsoft call Grammy23 Sep 2018 #24

What is your name... Xolodno Sep 2018 #25

That's no fun, they hang up at "FBI" marylandblue Sep 2018 #27

I tell them I'm an investigative reporter specializing in consumer ripoffs. Liberty Belle Sep 2018 #28

I have never gotten a call being told that the local cops were being called on me. Doreen Sep 2018 #29