I am getting harassed by scam people saying I owe the IRS US.

[JV5185]

These people used intimidation techniques like threathning, spam messaging and weird automated phonecalls with blank voicemails. I have a question for the forum (it should concern most of us) : Should I be worried that these rats can get into my sensitive info like cc, Id's or anything else that makes my life be possible?! Super angry and sad at same time. (Sad because these poor sucker are asking for it)

 

Th

 

Juan

 

[JV5185]

BTW number calling is:

678-543-0016

[WereCatf]

8 minutes ago, JV5185 said:

Should I be worried that these rats can get into my sensitive info like cc, Id's or anything else that makes my life be possible?!

Only if you tell them. That said, inform the police and perhaps call your telco, too, to let them know of this and ask if they could block the number.

[corrado33]

Just ignore it and block the number. Easy. The IRS won't call you, they'll mail you something. 

 

Or play along to piss them off. Take your pick. 

 

"Oh you want me to pay in wal-mart gift cards? Ok.... well.... walmart is an hour away. *Proceed to put the phone down next to a radio for an hour.*"

 

EDIT: For the record, this is a VERY common scam.

[Amazonsucks]

Yeah i would just not answer the phone. I get a few scam calls a day. I even got a scam call from my own number(spoofed) once

 

If you do answer you should toy with them and waste their time.

[jiyeon]

Just say you don't speak English. Easy.

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

6 hours ago, corrado33 said:

Just ignore it and block the number. Easy. The IRS won't call you, they'll mail you something. 

 

Or play along to piss them off. Take your pick. 

 

"Oh you want me to pay in wal-mart gift cards? Ok.... well.... walmart is an hour away. *Proceed to put the phone down next to a radio for an hour.*"

 

EDIT: For the record, this is a VERY common scam.

I would totally do this, Time is literal money to these people. Waste it as much as possible.

[RumSwift]

Don't know if it's the same in the US but in the UK there are services you can sign up for that stop this kind of crap from happening, they do something with your number.

 

Popular one in the UK is "We've heard you've been involved in a car accident" - signed up to a few services and they stopped almost immediately.

[Syntaxvgm]

3 hours ago, Rhyss said:

Don't know if it's the same in the US but in the UK there are services you can sign up for that stop this kind of crap from happening, they do something with your number.

 

Popular one in the UK is "We've heard you've been involved in a car accident" - signed up to a few services and they stopped almost immediately.

not really anymore. They spoof numbers, I've had numbers of people I know call me. 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Notify the local gendarmes, the FCC, the IRS, and the phone company, then block the number they claim to be calling from.

[mxk]

god I hate these. I'm having car insurance things call me using my area code and I have people call me saying I called them, but they're masking numbers its so goddamn annoying. If it wasn't bots I would waste their time

[corrado33]

35 minutes ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

Notify the local gendarmes, the FCC, the IRS, and the phone company, then block the number they claim to be calling from.

On the one time I have experienced this personally, they had actually spoofed the local tax office's number. (We googled it.) 

[AngryBeaver]

16 hours ago, JV5185 said:

BTW number calling is:

678-543-0016

I tried calling it twice... you just get put on a fake hold that disconnects you at 6 minutes 3 seconds. So much for having a little fun.

[Blademaster91]

33 minutes ago, mxk. said:

god I hate these. I'm having car insurance things call me using my area code and I have people call me saying I called them, but they're masking numbers its so goddamn annoying. If it wasn't bots I would waste their time

I get the insurance scam calls with numbers in my area code as well, putting my number in the Do not call registry and having them blocked doesn't seem to do anything since they just call with a different or spoofed number.

[iLostMyXbox21]

easy.. go along with it with a camera and upload it to youtube

 

edit: but give thm fake information 

[wasab]

Tell them you know their names and where they live and you are gonna murder them while they sleep tonight. 

[Donut417]

21 hours ago, JV5185 said:

These people used intimidation techniques like threathning, spam messaging and weird automated phonecalls with blank voicemails. I have a question for the forum (it should concern most of us) : Should I be worried that these rats can get into my sensitive info like cc, Id's or anything else that makes my life be possible?! Super angry and sad at same time. (Sad because these poor sucker are asking for it)

 

Th

 

Juan

 

Here is what you do:

1) Block the number

2) Report the Number to the FTC

3) Eat some pizza

4) Profit 

[mxk]

5 hours ago, wasab said:

Tell them you know their names and where they live and you are gonna murder them while they sleep tonight. 

wow are you ok?

[tonyquart]

With a little Google search, I could easily find some reports filed at http://www.whycall.me/929-800-4241.html regarding similar tax related scams filed by people even since months ago. I think it's better to just ignore those calls now. It's a waste of time talking to them.

[Arika]

just do what i do. if someone calls me and their info in not in my phone already then dont answer. if people need to get a hold of me, they know the alternatives.

[JV5185]

To everyone tha5 has viven an answer thankss I'll block the number and leave it there.

 

Grateful,

 

JVC

[dalekphalm]

On 11/14/2018 at 11:26 PM, JV5185 said:

These people used intimidation techniques like threathning, spam messaging and weird automated phonecalls with blank voicemails. I have a question for the forum (it should concern most of us) : Should I be worried that these rats can get into my sensitive info like cc, Id's or anything else that makes my life be possible?! Super angry and sad at same time. (Sad because these poor sucker are asking for it)

 

Th

 

Juan

 

Assuming you don't actually owe any money to the IRS, then you should block the number and forget they exist. If they call using a different number? Just keep blocking them.

[iamdarkyoshi]

5 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

If they call using a different number? Just keep blocking them.

Doesn't work for me. Only way I've gotten these assholes to leave is to waste their time.

 

Answer their calls, press whatever number gets you to a person, then have some fun.

 

Speak gibberish, use an angry indian accent, give them periods of silence, or just get creative. Play jellyfish jam across the phone.

 

Or just swear at them >:D

 

Don't hang up until they do. Once they hang up, you're golden. They will almost always stop calling and remove you from their list. My spam calls dropped from several a day to only one or two a month.

[dalekphalm]

7 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Doesn't work for me. Only way I've gotten these assholes to leave is to waste their time.

 

Answer their calls, press whatever number gets you to a person, then have some fun.

 

Speak gibberish, use an angry indian accent, give them periods of silence, or just get creative. Play jellyfish jam across the phone.

 

Or just swear at them >:D

 

Don't hang up until they do. Once they hang up, you're golden. They will almost always stop calling and remove you from their list. My spam calls dropped from several a day to only one or two a month.

True this can work, but the point is that if they don't think they'll get money out of you, then you're wasting their time and they'll move on.

 

So if you just keep blocking the calls, or hang up every time they call, then they'll eventually get the message and will move on to others.

 

I'd only suggest your method if they are overly aggressive and will simply not take the hint.

[iamdarkyoshi]

18 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

True this can work, but the point is that if they don't think they'll get money out of you, then you're wasting their time and they'll move on.

 

So if you just keep blocking the calls, or hang up every time they call, then they'll eventually get the message and will move on to others.

 

I'd only suggest your method if they are overly aggressive and will simply not take the hint.

I used to get daily calls about my "student loans"

 

Went on for over a year before I actually did something about it