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Mar 5, 2013
Just got an automated call (female voice, similar to the one on IRS automated messages) from 301-887-3758 claiming to be the "Office of Internal Revenue Service" informing me that I had "an additional tax refund" of $2173 (spoken as "dollars two thousand one hundred seventy three") coming to me. Odd, that "additional" refund, since I have yet to complete my taxes this year.
"As a measure of security," the message stated, "we require you to call our our Department of Verification" at the given number to have my "credentials verified," after which my account would be credited.
I didn't call. It was so obviously a scam from the get-go. So many red flags, so transparently fraudulent.
Very interesting(!) that poster "Jeannine" mentions a "... man with a foreign accent maybe from india..." whom she spoke to after calling the number. It's interesting because I have for months and months been getting harassed by a scammer bill collector (I'm not the person they keep calling for) who has a heavy Indian accent (and who, I've read elsewhere on threads similar to this one, seems to have the bank account and social security numbers of quite a few victims). Actually, that the call was part of the same criminal operation as the ongoing harassment I'm receiving was the first thing that crossed my mind after I heard the message.
Good job, Teri! Let's report these criminals and shut them down! I too urge everybody to report these fraudsters.
"As a measure of security," the message stated, "we require you to call our our Department of Verification" at the given number to have my "credentials verified," after which my account would be credited.
I didn't call. It was so obviously a scam from the get-go. So many red flags, so transparently fraudulent.
Very interesting(!) that poster "Jeannine" mentions a "... man with a foreign accent maybe from india..." whom she spoke to after calling the number. It's interesting because I have for months and months been getting harassed by a scammer bill collector (I'm not the person they keep calling for) who has a heavy Indian accent (and who, I've read elsewhere on threads similar to this one, seems to have the bank account and social security numbers of quite a few victims). Actually, that the call was part of the same criminal operation as the ongoing harassment I'm receiving was the first thing that crossed my mind after I heard the message.
Good job, Teri! Let's report these criminals and shut them down! I too urge everybody to report these fraudsters.