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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 11:41:08 2016 I received a message on my digital answerer,a robo call stating that this was the IRS and that I owed them money for failure to pay back taxes.I hung up. The phone number on my caller ID was 404-221-5444. The area code location was in California. Where do you report these nuisance calls ? Here's an article that deals with this crap. Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Mon Jul 25 11:47:12 2016, in response to Dangerous Robo Call, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 11:41:08 2016. reporting is of little help as number is not number they call from.I have had this type of calls were it showed my own number! |
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Posted by Allan on Mon Jul 25 11:59:32 2016, in response to Dangerous Robo Call, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 11:41:08 2016. I get that all the time.Best thing to do is just hang up (I do within 3 seconds). Reporting it to the FCC can be done but that is just about as effective as the "Do Not Call" Registry. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jul 25 12:05:42 2016, in response to Dangerous Robo Call, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 11:41:08 2016. Very well known to law enforcement. Their game is they have you buy a ridiculous amount of iTunes Gift Cards (full amount they're asking for) and then redeem the serial numbers on their site.For those who are savvy enough to smell the rat even after doing this, if you get to the iTunes store folks before they cash out, it can be stopped. However, if they've cashed out, you're SOL. Google "Russian Business Network", that's who this is. They're kinda out of our reach, they're with Putin. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jul 25 13:34:59 2016, in response to Dangerous Robo Call, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 11:41:08 2016. How is it "dangerous?" I guess it's dangerous if you have gullible relatives. |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 16:04:28 2016, in response to Re: Dangerous Robo Call, posted by Allan on Mon Jul 25 11:59:32 2016. Reporting it to the FCC can be done but that is just about as effective as the "Do Not Call" Registry.Don't get me started on the Do Not Call registry. I was registered and still got annoying calls, especially at dinner time. GROWL!! I tried Nomorobo and it works pretty good. Unfortunately, that IRS call came through. Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jul 25 16:04:44 2016, in response to Re: Dangerous Robo Call, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jul 25 13:34:59 2016. This particular scam has about a 4% success rate. That's a fuckload of victims. |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 16:09:51 2016, in response to Re: Dangerous Robo Call, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jul 25 12:05:42 2016. For those who are savvy enough to smell the rat even after doing this, if you get to the iTunes store folks before they cash out, it can be stoppedYou should smell a rat when the phone call says you owe the IRS big bucks for tax evasion and they're headed your way to arrest you. Lots of people lost their entire life savings from these calls. :- ( Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jul 25 16:29:15 2016, in response to Re: Dangerous Robo Call, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 16:09:51 2016. One should, but sadly they don't. Gift cards can only be cashed in at the site they belong to, not anywhere else such as the IRS. Worst part is that the redeem code can't be followed back or traced, so once they're redeemed, that money is gone. |
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Posted by AlM on Mon Jul 25 17:17:02 2016, in response to Re: Dangerous Robo Call, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jul 25 16:04:44 2016. 4%???!!!Source? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jul 25 17:19:23 2016, in response to Re: Dangerous Robo Call, posted by AlM on Mon Jul 25 17:17:02 2016. 4% of all people who actually get the gift cards and then go ahead and redeem them. We manage to stop the other 96%. Should have been more clear I guess. But the Russkies DO get about 4% of those cashed out before the customer gets to us. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Mon Jul 25 17:21:52 2016, in response to Dangerous Robo Call, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 11:41:08 2016. yep i got that scam too and ignored it |
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Posted by Chicagomotorman on Mon Jul 25 17:49:21 2016, in response to Dangerous Robo Call, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 11:41:08 2016. Me too. |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Mon Jul 25 19:48:07 2016, in response to Dangerous Robo Call, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jul 25 11:41:08 2016. Obviously a scammer. Sounds a lot like that equally stupid Microsoft scammer phone call I got back in 2012. After about two minutes of attempted phishing to get my info with that annoying voice, I told the caller, 'Go f**k yourself!', and hung up. Problem solved. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jul 25 19:50:02 2016, in response to Re: Dangerous Robo Call, posted by mcorivervsaf on Mon Jul 25 19:48:07 2016. Same folks. And they're still going strong too.Putin needs hard currency, the "Russian Business Network" (google it) brings it in hand over fist. |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Mon Jul 25 19:54:55 2016, in response to Re: Dangerous Robo Call, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jul 25 19:50:02 2016. I thought so. Saw your other post. 4% success rate?!? Gotta be older folks who don't know better. :( |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jul 25 20:14:30 2016, in response to Re: Dangerous Robo Call, posted by mcorivervsaf on Mon Jul 25 19:54:55 2016. Supposedly they scam across all ages, mostly people who can't afford it. Even sadder is that all correspondence from IRS, as well their website warns that the IRS only does postal mail, any other contact is bogus. And still ... :( |
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