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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 19, 2015 - 10:59pm PT
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I've not been in arrears with them but I've had my issues with them because if you're
self-employed you're guilty until proven innocent, even if they're totally out in left field with
their assertions. Now, Vinny and Louie are two guys you don't wanna be in arrears with.
I've got some true stories from Chicago in that regard. But we digress.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 23, 2015 - 08:09am PT
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Ha! Now those sleazebags are robo-calling!!!! Just got one where the dood with the goofy
accent said some gibberish about the IRS filing a law suit "in my name", bla bla bla.
Great! If it is filed in my name then that means I will be getting something in return, right?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 23, 2015 - 12:13pm PT
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Just got the same robo-call I got earlier today so I listened to the rest
of it. It is so lame! I think it is a computer generated voice.
'He' left a phone number to call if I don't want to be 'sued' so I
reported it to the phishing@irs.gov . I told them they better find these
azzholes before I do. ;-)
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Dec 23, 2015 - 03:50pm PT
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"The times they are a-telling, and the changing isn't free" (Bowie, "1984")
The Age of Electronic communication has changed the game in the con world, and that is all this is - a confidence scam - except they are sucking at your fear instead of greed.
It really behooves us ALL to learn what we can do to protect ourselves at a basic level, at least. I know someone who got a pop up on his computer that it had a virus and to "Click Here for the "Help Desk." He fell for it and ended up on the phone with a scammer who told him he could fix it remotely for X amount, and when the dupe, I mean my freind, accepted, and gave his CC #, the scammer said "Oh, the amount is just over the threshold we can accept by CC. We'll need to do it as if it were a check. No problem, though - just provide your checking account number, and routing number..." He STILL gave it!
Luckily, he told us about it, still not aware he had been scammed, and when we told him what had happened, he got angry. At US!
One person suggested he call Mac(as his machine is) and "just ask. It can't hurt!" Which, thankfully he did, and then sweated bullets until first thing Monday morning when he was banging at the bank's doors. This guy had a LOT to potentially lose, and the thieves pulled this late afternoon on a 3 day weekend.
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ROtotheC
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Dec 24, 2015 - 08:34am PT
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Just got this in the mail. Anyone seen anything similar??? Basically nothing on this notice checks out.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 24, 2015 - 08:56am PT
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^^^^^. That's some lame sh!t! Not even close to IRS letterhead. Besides, any ex-student
who falls for that wasted their education and deserves being scammed. Furthermore, the
IRS knows it doesn't need to put "Urgent Notice" on anything it sends - they prefer making
you sweat bullets for a goodly while and then charge you interest.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 24, 2015 - 01:49pm PT
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I've gotten the retarded robo-call twice more today. I just noticed that
at the end he says "Thank you and goodbye."
BwaHaHaHaHa! So phukking retarded. So, since I've given their phone #
to the gubmint somebody who believes in truth, justice, and the American Way
might think they would shut these phuks down. Luckily, I'm not so naïve.
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WBraun
climber
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Here's the source
NetRange: 96.44.128.0 - 96.44.191.255
CIDR: 96.44.128.0/18
NetName: QUADRANET
NetHandle: NET-96-44-128-0-1
Parent: NET96 (NET-96-0-0-0-0)
NetType: Direct Allocation
OriginAS: AS29761
Organization: QuadraNet, Inc (QUADR-20)
RegDate: 2009-12-04
Updated: 2013-12-31
Ref: »whois.arin.net/rest/net/ ··· -128-0-1
OrgName: QuadraNet, Inc
OrgId: QUADR-20
Address: 530 W 6th Street
Address: Suite 901
City: Los Angeles
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90014
Country: US
RegDate: 2010-01-14
Updated: 2014-06-09
Ref: »whois.arin.net/rest/org/QUADR-20
ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.quadranet.com:4321
OrgNOCHandle: NOC293-ARIN
OrgNOCName: NOC
OrgNOCPhone: +1-213-614-9371
OrgNOCEmail: noc@quadranet.com
OrgNOCRef: »whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ ··· 293-ARIN
OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE2526-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse Team
OrgAbusePhone: +1-213-614-9371
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@quadranet.com
OrgAbuseRef: »whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ ··· 526-ARIN
OrgTechHandle: ABUSE2526-ARIN
OrgTechName: Abuse Team
OrgTechPhone: +1-213-614-9371
OrgTechEmail: abuse@quadranet.com
OrgTechRef: »whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ ··· 526-ARIN
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Hard to believe but the Indians busted some of their own! They arrested 55 in one ring that
was bringing in $150K/day. I guess they forgot to pay off the right people, huh?
It must be another ring that is still calling me.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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When they started demanding "taxes" be paid in Chuck E Cheese gift cards, they had to step in and do something. It was getting embarrassing.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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What is really sad is that after all the press this has gotten people are still falling for it!
Werner is soooo right.
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jstan
climber
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In order to increase security consider entirely blocking your accounts against internet access.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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I got a voicemail from one of these IRS scams.
I turned on block caller id so they couldn't tell the number I called them back from.
I called them back and said very quietly "can I pay you with a credit card?"
I whispered the "number is.." so they were listening closely and then yelled a stream of obscenities.
Felt good.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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A couple of weeks ago I got a call from "Microsoft Headquarters" about my computer. The person calling (foreign accent) said "This is Dennis Quaid calling." I told him he had the wrong number. My name was Dick Tracy.
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monolith
climber
state of being
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You can google the number. Usually leads to a list of people who have identified them as scammers.
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Fossil climber
Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
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You're not alone with IRS scammers. I've had perhaps a dozen such calls purporting to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. Sort of fun leading these perps on and then releasing all the stored-up invective you haven't used for a while.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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^^^^^. I've done similar but the description of what I'd do with certain chopped off body parts has probably put me on the terror watch list. Guess I better not plan on flying anywhere.
Susan
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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What really pisses me off is that when the real IRS invented a couple of penalties against me
it was impossible to get them on the phone. That's their new modus operandi - make sh!t up
and then don't answer the phone. And on the off chance that they do you can rest assured
there will be no sign of intelligent life on the other end. I decided it was less aggravating, and
probably cheaper than having my CPA deal with it, to just pay the phuks another grand.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 27, 2016 - 11:34am PT
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The U.S. Justice Department charged 61 people and entities on Thursday with taking part in a scam involving India-based call centers where agents impersonated Internal Revenue Service, immigration and other federal officials and demanded payments for nonexistent debts.
The scam, which had operated since 2013, targeted at least 15,000 people who lost more than $300 million. Twenty people were arrested in the United States on Thursday, while 32 individuals and five call centers in India have been charged, the department said in a statement.
The defendants, including 24 people across nine U.S. states, were indicted by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-fraud-idUSKCN12R1TI
Amazing that India did anything.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Oct 27, 2016 - 11:39am PT
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Well, even India knows not to phuk with the IRS.
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