Police Bust Phoney IRS Call Centers

[elleng]

Police in India arrested call center workers suspected of defrauding U.S. taxpayers by posing as IRS officials.

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/police-bust-phoney-irs-call-centers-780345923704

[madaboutharry]

1. The IRS needs to run Publc Service Announcements

The public needs to know that the IRS only communicates with tax payers through the U.S. Postal Service.

[Siwsan]

2. I wish they'd bust that phony Microsoft Windows call center

I was getting calls from them every other day, for a while. I kept telling them I use an iPad, so they need to take me off of their scam list. Haven't heard from them for a while, now, but no doubt they will start calling again.

[dflprincess]

3. I sometimes enjoy stringing them along

after I've wasted their time I say something like "I just don't understand why Windows is concerned about my Mac." Then they hang up.

Other times I just ask them if their mother knows what they do for a living and hang up.

[meaculpa2011]

14. After keeping him on the phone...

for twenty minutes I told him I had a Commodore 64.

[dflprincess]

22. Love it!

[fierywoman]

4. karma

I ask them if their mother is proud of the work they do.
I also ask them how they feel about the karma they're creating for themselves.
Sometimes I play along like the old lady I am just to waste their time ... (OK, I'm turning on the computer. Wait a minute. OK, what do I do? Where is that key? ) After a while they figure out it's a Mac, they get irate and I innocently say, "Oh, but YOU told me YOU knew all about my computer!"
Sometimes they call a friend's husband who is a seriously brilliant coder, ex-MS security, and he messes with them big time. Karma.

[Stallion]

5. Is This The One That Goes By "Internal Revenue Services"?

they've been hounding my ex-wife calling my home phone and its been 2 decades since we were divorced. Geez such a pain

[elleng]

6. Dunno, could be.

They called me for a few weeks last month, but I haven't heard from them for a couple weeks.

[MiniMe]

9. The one that I get is that they are filing a lawsuit against me

I never answer the phone for numbers I don't recognize, but that one actually leaves a message. The first time I got that one, my heart skipped a beat or 2. But then I stopped and knew it was BS because the IRS doesn't call, they send letters. But it does shock you for a quick second.

[eppur_se_muova]

19. Yeah, I got one of those. Also, the IRS doesn't file civil lawsuits -- they file federal charges. nt

[Stallion]

20. Yeah IRS is Internal Revenue SERVICE-this Outfit Adds the S to say SERVICES

like that would protect them from liability. You can't legally use deceptively similar names of a federal agency. You couldn't legally register that name or trade name in any jurisdiction

[Waldorf]

7. My mom/dad (who still have a land line) get quite a few calls from people claiming to be IRS

and that a warrant is going to be issued if they don't settle for an X amount.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Well done.

Throw the fuckin' book at em.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

10. Graduates of Trump U. ?

[lonestarnot]

15. Prollee one of his kids.

[pansypoo53219]

11. my feelers go up when i hear an indian accent.

[lindysalsagal]

12. They tried the "We're Microsoft" crap with me. Indian accents.

Over and over again. LIke Microsoft has the time to call people.

[melm00se]

13. a friend of mine works for the IRS

as a criminal investigator. He gets those calls all the time and he says that they must be a special kind of stupid as they keep calling back even after he identifies himself.

[mnhtnbb]

16. I just got one of these calls the other day from "Kevin" at the Treasury Dept.

"Kevin" was immediately told to go fu*k himself. I wonder why he didn't call back?

[brooklynite]

17. I can understand the "tech support" phone calls...

...but how is someone in India going to pass themselves off as an IRS agent?

[Stuart G]

18. This story from Forbes gives additional information.:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2016/10/06/dozens-arrested-in-irs-phone-scam-call-center-raids/#61883d7c1f46

[Glassunion]

21. Just got 6 calls yesterday from the "IRS" notifying me pending legal action against me.

So they answer the phone "IRS", and I immediately ask who am I speaking with. "Agent" Jefferson Sandy Smith was my ever-so-helpful assigned settlement "officer".

Apparently the IRS has offices in New Delhi, which confused me. So when I pressed Agent Smith on the exact department and agency he became quite indignant. The Federal Tax Department of the IRS apparently does not like being questioned. Agent Smith began yelling at me, and we had some back and forth. But it all ended with him saying I sounded like Kenny Loggins, and a "stupid motherfucker" for not taking them seriously.

If this sucker shows up at my office then I will take them seriously.


Filed an incident with both the IRS, and FCC.