Looks like I might be going to prison
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
August 17, 2016 10:53am CST
...or something like that...maybe just sued for a gazillion dollars.
You see, I got this call from the I.R.S. (right) saying I may be held liable in a lawsuit (they didn't say what for) and I needed to call this number RIGHT NOW and give them all this information. 
Right. 
So I called the number, and they asked for my name. 
I said 'Well you already know my name, you called me and told me to call this number, so what's up?"
And they said 'Well yeah, but this is confidential information and I have to make sure who I am talking to.'
And I said "Well you're talking to me...so who am I?"
And he started in about how I needed to supply my name so they could verify it was me.
And my reply was "Bull----".
To make a long story short, they got mad and hung up when I said I was reporting the number that called me to the authorities. 
But now I have to sit and wait because I know the I.R.S. (right) will be calling the cops to have me arrested any time now....
Maybe I need to call them back again. 
(EDIT: They won't answer their phone now 
)
You see, I got this call from the I.R.S. (right) saying I may be held liable in a lawsuit (they didn't say what for) and I needed to call this number RIGHT NOW and give them all this information.
Right.
So I called the number, and they asked for my name.
I said 'Well you already know my name, you called me and told me to call this number, so what's up?"
And they said 'Well yeah, but this is confidential information and I have to make sure who I am talking to.'
And I said "Well you're talking to me...so who am I?"
And he started in about how I needed to supply my name so they could verify it was me.
And my reply was "Bull----".
To make a long story short, they got mad and hung up when I said I was reporting the number that called me to the authorities.
But now I have to sit and wait because I know the I.R.S. (right) will be calling the cops to have me arrested any time now....
Maybe I need to call them back again.
(EDIT: They won't answer their phone now )34 people like this
39 responses
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
17 Aug 16
Dontcha' just love those calls @JolietJake ? I love to play with them and give them some of their own medicine. caller: what's your SS #? me: what's yours? caller: what's your name? me: what's yours? Then I'll start singing (which I'm horrible at). They hang up. OR caller: what's your name? me: Mary Jones. caller: what's your SS#? me: 123-45-6789. OR I'll speak in a foreign language that's not really a language. Do you remember Pig Latin? caller: what's your name? me: ary May ones Jay. caller: do you speak English? me: ot nay oday tay.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
18 Aug 16
@nanette64 I got a call from *cough*cough* Windows telling me my machine was infected. I asked him his mother knew what he was doing. He said yes.
"And she approves?"
"Oh, you're so clever. Well you can just ef off."
He didn't say ef.
I just hung up at that point. But I figured: Hey, you call MY house, you lie to ME, and you get abusive when I don't believe your lies? YOU go ef yourself...
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
Someone must have passed a new list around, the last 2-3 days I have been getting all kinds of calls.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
17 Aug 16
lol We will have the bail money ready! 
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
At the rate myLot pays, I guess I better start making my cell comfortable for a bit
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
17 Aug 16
@louievill Exactly! We will make a trust fund or something and pitch in lol
We will make a trust fund or something and pitch in lol1 person likes this
@BelleStarr (61410)
• United States
18 Aug 16
lol Yah they aren't the smartest crooks are they???
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@BelleStarr (61410)
• United States
18 Aug 16
@JolietJake It is amazing how many people fall for it though, seriously do we all think that we are on the IRS hit list? Seriously, we are small potatoes.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
Like the IRS would hang up on me and then refuse to take any more phone calls. 
They are idjits. 
They are idjits. 2 people like this
@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
I was gonna ignore it, but after a few minutes I decided to play with them.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
All kinds of those scams are popping up these days.
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@miniam (9151)
• Bern, Switzerland
17 Aug 16
LOL,these cheap scams.Unlucky for them they called you.These things scare older citizens and befor they know it,they are giving out *classified info* they will even give their account numbers that they will not dream of giving anyone else.
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@lovebuglena (46324)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Aug 16
Sadly, that is true. Elderly can fall for this scam... :(
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Aug 16
I do this with scam emails too, answer them very nastily
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@miniam (9151)
• Bern, Switzerland
17 Aug 16
@JolietJake
I never answer scam emails,l dont want them answering back, l do not open the emails(the one l can see from subject are scam) l want them to believe they sent it to the wrong adress
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
They wouldn't answer the phone anymore for some reason
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
It was my first telephone scam, it was kind of exciting.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
@JolietJake So that's why they hang up on you . They got scared of you .
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
It was a scam, I knew that right from the start...the IRS would send something in the mail.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
17 Aug 16
@JolietJake No you certainly aren't and good you teeed them off too.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Aug 16
I feel sorry for the people that fall for scams like that, but I ain't one of them.
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@simone10 (54182)
• Louisville, Kentucky
19 Aug 16
@JolietJake Yeah, I do hope that no one falls for this scam.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
Those guys are really busy...I hope they aren't having any luck
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
18 Aug 16
@JolietJake So it is with junk mail...
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
If it was real, I'd be getting letters in the mail as well...LOTS of them.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
17 Aug 16
Bummer! You're going to the slammer! Well, always wanted to bake a cake with file in it.
How do you rate getting a live person? We just get recordings. And they're not even from the THE I.R.S. They're from IRS, who've apparently been trying to reach us for a while. It's imperative we call right now at this #. I never wait long enough for the number. I'm too busy emailing this guy from Nigeria who's in a tight spot and just needs a little to tide him over. Then we'll be rich. Until then, I think I'll take an option on a used bridge in Brooklyn, good condition...
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
18 Aug 16
@JolietJake There's a whole folklore to the scam. It goes way back, originally referred to as the Spanish prisoner. The Nigerians raised it to an art form with the advent of email, but really, no one has surpassed the Russians. For a while there, I was winning enough money in the U.K. lottery to buy several small islands. And I kept getting notices—by email—that I had court appearances due in Florida.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
I've wondered why so much scam stuff comes from Nigeria...probably 80% of the emails I have got about that stuff come from there
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@much2say (57566)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Aug 16
You show 'em @JolietJake ! I've been getting all sorts of calls from area codes I don't recognize, but I ignore the calls. I should have you take care of those calls for me !1 person likes this
@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
I've had several lately with no one on the other end when I answer
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
I looked the number up, it has been reported by several people for scams
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
They probably wouldn't call if they saw how small my bank balance was...but I sure ain't gonna show it to them
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Aug 16
be careful with those numbers, sometimes the number itself is a scam to charge you over seas somehow I have read
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Aug 16
@JolietJake with my cell I get missed most of the time with these
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
Yeah, there are a few area codes you have to watch out for...this one came from Washington state
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
18 Aug 16
So many different phone scams nowadays. I always wonder about people who may be just paid employees of the biggest scammers, especially overseas. Do they know what sort of organisations they are working for or do they genuinely believe that they have a legitimate telesales job?
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Aug 16
I must have really made them mad, they won't answer the phone anymore
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