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IRS tax scam phone call DO NOT ANSWER.
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RE: IRS tax scam phone call DO NOT ANSWER.
January 29, 2018 at 7:20 pm
(January 29, 2018 at 4:49 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(January 29, 2018 at 4:37 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: I love answering, I've made it a small hobby to waste as much of their time as I can.

Putting them on hold is easy and efficient.

One time I kept a scammer going for about an hour and a half only for it to end by telling him the Credit Card number I was trying to use was from a grocery coupon.
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RE: IRS tax scam phone call DO NOT ANSWER.
January 29, 2018 at 8:17 pm
I follow a few yt channels who bait scammers, including the IRS ones. The point is to deliberately tie up their time and phone lines so they're not able to make money. One of the best is Scambait Central, with "Mr Pricky".
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RE: IRS tax scam phone call DO NOT ANSWER.
January 29, 2018 at 8:31 pm
Off topic: I was audited by the IRS once. I had not filed taxes in 7 years. So, I cut a deal and filed all those years at once. These years of course were the focus of the audit. I was young and stupid. They were especially interested in year one of the audit. I was claiming I made $112. I actually made a lot more, but under the table. Cash money. They asked what I was doing that year for work. I told them I was a wino. They just moved on to the other years. No further questions. Due to the Earned Income Credit they owed me about $7000.
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RE: IRS tax scam phone call DO NOT ANSWER.
January 29, 2018 at 9:37 pm
I got audited, they asked me what kind of work I was doing since high school? "Mostly killing people and breaking things." They moved on.
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January 29, 2018 at 9:55 pm (This post was last modified: January 29, 2018 at 9:55 pm by CapnAwesome.)
Before I clicked on this thread I said to myself "I bet Brian37 made this thread."
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RE: IRS tax scam phone call DO NOT ANSWER.
January 29, 2018 at 10:30 pm
Just tell them that you're a special IRS agent whose responsibility it is to monitor IRS activity in the area and that you will be in to investigate their activities.
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RE: IRS tax scam phone call DO NOT ANSWER.
January 30, 2018 at 5:25 am
(January 29, 2018 at 9:55 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Before I clicked on this thread I said to myself "I bet Brian37 made this thread."

Well, his name was right under the subject line.
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RE: IRS tax scam phone call DO NOT ANSWER.
January 30, 2018 at 7:43 am
(January 29, 2018 at 9:55 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Before I clicked on this thread I said to myself "I bet Brian37 made this thread."

Oh crap, damn it, I forgot it was supposed to be, " Don't pay your taxes, rape and murder"...... I suck at being an atheist.
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RE: IRS tax scam phone call DO NOT ANSWER.
January 30, 2018 at 12:39 pm
(January 30, 2018 at 5:25 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(January 29, 2018 at 9:55 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Before I clicked on this thread I said to myself "I bet Brian37 made this thread."

Well, his name was right under the subject line.

Well I generally find threads by going "newest posts" and I'm on a mobile device so I don't see who made the thread. Makes for a fun guessing game.
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RE: IRS tax scam phone call DO NOT ANSWER.
January 30, 2018 at 2:08 pm
(January 30, 2018 at 12:39 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:
(January 30, 2018 at 5:25 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Well, his name was right under the subject line.

Well I generally find threads by going "newest posts" and I'm on a mobile device so I don't see who made the thread. Makes for a fun guessing game.

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