I.R.S. Threatening A Lawsuit Robo Call

Kay King

8 years ago

This isn't new - the warning is from 2014. Hard to believe people fall for this stuff but apparently they do.

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Claude Whitacre

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

This isn't new - the warning is from 2014. Hard to believe people fall for this stuff but apparently they do.

Yes, they do.

A few days ago, a customer was telling me how she won the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. She just had to wait for the check. And she told me how she paid the deposit of $500 to deliver the check. I had no idea what to tell her.

And Kay, you're in the OT forum. A third of the people here, believe these scams right now.

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lanfear63

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Yes, they do.

A few days ago, a customer was telling me how she won the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. She just had to wait for the check. And she told me how she paid the deposit of $500 to deliver the check. I had no idea what to tell her.

And Kay, you're in the OT forum. A third of the people here, believe these scams right now.

I remember your "Free Mains Lead With Every Vacuum Cleaner" scam from 2013. So many suckers fell for that one.

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Dennis Gaskill

8 years ago

When they catch these criminals, they should draft 'em into the army and make them serve a 6-year term to pay for their crimes. That'd be more useful than prison, and it would probably be a greater deterrent. They might even come out of it as better people.

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BigFrank Banned 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

They might even come out of it as better people.

It didn't make me a better person. :-)

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- Claude Whitacre 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by BigFrank
  
  It didn't make me a better person. :-)
  
  Cheers. - Frank
  
  Which is weird, because now that you've hit rock bottom... the only direction you can go is up.
  
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  BigFrank Banned 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  Which is weird, because now that you've hit rock bottom... the only direction you can go is up.
  
  I can't be at rock bottom. I never passed you on the way down. I think I can smell you a bit down below. :-)
  
  Cheers. - Frank
  
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  Dan Riffle 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by BigFrank
  
  I think I can smell you a bit down below. :-)
  
  Cheers. - Frank
  
  That's just typical Claude. I keep telling him he can't wear the same underwear every day without washing them.
  
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  BigFrank Banned 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  That's just typical Claude. I keep telling him he can't wear the same underwear every month without washing them.
  
  Fixed that for you.
  
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  Claude Whitacre 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by BigFrank
  
  I can't be at rock bottom. I never passed you on the way down. I think I can smell you a bit down below. :-)
  
  Cheers. - Frank
  
  If you would get your face away from my "down below bits" it may help.
  
  You never passed me on the way down, because I was always above you. Simple Quantum Physics
  
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  BigFrank Banned 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  If you would get your face away from my "down below bits" it may help.
  
  Your face looks exactly like my 'down below.' I guess that's where your nickname of pecker head, came from.
  
  You never passed me on the way down, because I was always above you. Simple Quantum Physics
  
  Sadly, you believe that to be true.
  
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  Dan Riffle 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by BigFrank
  
  Your face looks exactly like my 'down below.' I guess that's where your nickname of pinhead, came from.
  Sadly, you believe that to be true.
  
  Cheers. - Frank
  
  Fixed that for you.
  
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  Claude Whitacre 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  Fixed that for you.
  
  Yes Dan..much better. Thank you.......Thank you...........thank you....
  
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  BigFrank Banned 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  Yes Dan..much better. Thank you.......Thank you...........thank you....
  
  Pin is a word reserved for another part of you, not your head. Or was it needle?'
  
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  Claude Whitacre 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by BigFrank
  
  Pin is a word reserved for another part of you, not your head. Or was it needle?'
  
  Cheers. - Frank
  
  What's a synonym for "flaccid needle"?
  
  Riffle wants to know.
  
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  BigFrank Banned 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  What's a synonym for "flaccid needle"?
  
  Riffle wants to know.
  
  Introspection.
  
  Cheers. - Frank
  
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  lanfear63 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  What's a synonym for "flaccid needle"?
  
  Riffle wants to know.
  
  It was so quiet in the Sweeper store, you could hear a pin droop.
  
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Floyd Fisher

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

When they catch these criminals, they should draft 'em into the army and make them serve a 6-year term to pay for their crimes. That'd be more useful than prison, and it would probably be a greater deterrent. They might even come out of it as better people.

Are you trying to get legitimate military volunteers killed?

Make them clean toilets at the IRS or something else semi productive. I don't need any more pics like this from someone being forced to punch a ticket of military service.

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seasoned

8 years ago

Yeah, I wouldn't trust such a call unless I got a letter from the IRS. There are MANY things to look for and, if a crook made it 100 percent legit, you know who gets the check? The IRS! And the IRS HATES doing things! They may take YEARS to come after you, and charge high vaulted ESTIMATES with penalties and INTEREST!

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bizgrower

8 years ago

Threat of a lawsuit is also an illegal collection practice. Call us about this law suit filed or about to be filed....

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lanfear63 8 years ago

I got that very call on my answering machine. I knew it was fake straight away and erased it. I knew perfectly well that if it had been legit they would have sent me a formal letter via email to my spam box.
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IndianaJones

8 years ago

Originally Posted by KingArthur

an illegal scam

Yes, there are "legal scams" also. Some are perpetrated by alphabet soup agencies.

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