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  • ATSMAN
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2013
    • 2415
    #1

    IRS Scam Call

    Voicemail from (347) 430-5906
    "Hours and once it get expired after that you will be taken under custody by the local cops as there are four serious allegations pressed on your name at this moment. We would request you to get back to us so that we can discuss about this case before taking any legal action against you. The number to reach us is 347-430-5906. I repeat 347-430-5906. Thank you."


    This is a transcript of the crooks calling taxpayers today to scam them! I already received 3 clients calling me upset!
    Taxes after all are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society. - FDR
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    • TAXNJ
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2007
      • 2106
      #2
      Originally posted by ATSMAN
      Voicemail from (347) 430-5906
      "Hours and once it get expired after that you will be taken under custody by the local cops as there are four serious allegations pressed on your name at this moment. We would request you to get back to us so that we can discuss about this case before taking any legal action against you. The number to reach us is 347-430-5906. I repeat 347-430-5906. Thank you."


      This is a transcript of the crooks calling taxpayers today to scam them! I already received 3 clients calling me upset!
      Consider sending the one page IRS letter about the scams you mention to inform your clients how to handle.
      Last edited by TAXNJ; 04-16-2018, 11:40 AM.
      Always cite your source for support to defend your opinion

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        • Lion
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2005
          • 4699
          #3
          I received that exact call myself. Maybe on my business line. Semi-retired hubby likes to talk to them when he has time, lead them on so they can't reach a potential victim during the minutes he is able to keep them on the phone.

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            • ATSMAN
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2013
              • 2415
              #4
              I don't have the time to mess with them otherwise I would call up and see how far they get with me!
              Taxes after all are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society. - FDR

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                • Rapid Robert
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2015
                  • 1983
                  #5
                  Originally posted by FEDUKE404
                  And the worst thing you can do is to answer / talk. Such gives them a firm indication that the telephone number is "real."
                  They don't care if your number is "real" or not, it costs them next to nothing to dial it over and over. I like the prior suggestion (from Lion, if I recall) to engage a live human and waste their time if you can. So, it's not the worst thing you can do to answer the call. It is good if you can waste their time just a little, since of course your time is more valuable overall. You would be doing a community service.
                  "You said it, they'll never know the difference. Come on, we'll paint our way out!" - Moe Howard
                  "That's enough! When you didn't know what you were talking about, you really had something! [to Curly]" -Moe Howard                  ​

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                    • taxea
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2005
                      • 4292
                      #6
                      Originally posted by TAXNJ
                      Consider sending the one page IRS letter about the scams you mention to inform your clients how to handle.
                      Also, report it to the IRS or tell each TP that received it to report it to IRS Fraud division.
                      Believe nothing you have not personally researched and verified.

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