The IRS just called me from Ontario to say I'm risking jail and suspension of my social security.

[yardwork]

The voice mail was polite, though. He wrapped up with "thank you and have blessed day."

[lagomorph777]

1. Glad to hear the Canadian US IRS is so polite.

[yardwork]

4. It's remarkable interagency collaboration!

Who knew?

[lagomorph777]

9. I once worked for US Customs, was working on a cooperative project with Canadian Customs...

And had some delays getting packages back and forth through Customs.

[yardwork]

14. Did they threaten to suspend your social security?

[lagomorph777]

17. No but I on the other hand may have said a few things I regret...

[yardwork]

20. I'll bet they didn't wish you "blessed day."

[lagomorph777]

21. Actually the guys I worked with were fantastic. I enjoyed the whole thing.

[Bev54]

36. Yes as a Canadian, I also get calls

from the IRS saying they are going to send a sheriff to arrest me if I don't pay up. We don't have IRS we have CRA. Whoever does these fraud calls does not seem to know the difference between our countries.

[Lefta Dissenter]

2. I certainly hope

You provided your full social security number, just to make sure they suspend the correct one, along with your mother’s maiden name and your bank account numbers!

[yardwork]

3. I didn't press one. The VM somehow knew this and kept saying "sorry, you didn't press one."

"Please press one to be connected with an officer."

[lagomorph777]

10. press one what?

[yardwork]

11. I don't know! I'll call them back and find out.

[dem4decades]

5. Isn't it nice when the IRS blesses you at the end of a call?

[yardwork]

6. Especially all the way from Canada!

[RockRaven]

7. Well, there IS an Ontario in California...

But it is not nearly as well known as the Canadian one, nor are the people as polite.

[yardwork]

8. This was Stony Brook, Ontario, Canada.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Kind Of A Clue, Huh?

Can't confirm, but I'm pretty sure the IRS is in D.C., or in big cities in, you know, THE UNITED STATES!
They're scamming, but they're barely trying!

[Blue_true]

12. I guess people forget that modern phone systems catch and display locations. nt

[Vogon_Glory]

13. I once went on a dive trip with someone from the IRS

I later got one of those calls. I ran into my diving buddy a bit later and had the sadistic pleasure of handing over the imposter’s phone number to someone from the REAL IRS.

Do I feel guilty?

Nah.

[yardwork]

15. Did he call?

[Brother Buzz]

18. When the IRS calls about threatening to suspend my 'Social'...

I always ask them which account... then after a long pause...I get transferred to a 'manager' and the fun begins. They really, really get pissed when I answer EVERY one of their question with a question. I really need to study up on Hindi profanity.

[yardwork]

23. Which account?! Lol!

[In It to Win It]

24. ...so do I! It gives me a good laugh

I really have fun on the student loan calls. They ask for a payment and I ask for an outstanding balance LOL

[Binkie The Clown]

25. I say:

"Listen, let me talk to Sanjay. He knows my account already."

[Brother Buzz]

32. I've gone down that road, too, only I use Rajesh

Rule number one: Burn their time. That, and take every opportunity to go off on some bizarre tangent and talk over them (That really pisses them off). They are pretty entertaining, especially when you get them off script.

[Kingofalldems]

19. Check this out:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181380511

[yardwork]

22. I just kicked it!

[Clearly fogged in]

26. Did you disclose your shady deals and offer a check?

You must come clean about taking money from investors in your invisible mask company; what percentage of the $2.8 million should you pay them?

Or maybe it was the topless shirt company investors who turned you in? There was much less alleged fraud last year, not quite a million....

Then ask them to mail an invoice to you at:

Attn: OIC Finances (that's the name of your accounting firm)
* street address of local DA or sheriff

[yardwork]

41. Next time, next time...

[Cicada]

27. Indian accent? Many of my scam IRS calls have that accent

The IRS never calls without first mailing. And even then calls are extremely rare. The IRS has no business involving social security.

Today I got a call Where the Indian person said he was calling for a bank in Tampa to authorize a reduction of interest on my credit cards.

Normally I oppose the death penalty ....

[Hekate]

30. I chew them out. I ask them if their mothers know what they are doing & tell them to be ashamed

For all the good it does.

[Cicada]

33. I waste their time. I tell them to wait then put the phone down.

[PJMcK]

28. Here's what's disturbing about your story

Obviously, you were too smart for these scammers. But not everyone is! That's how their scams work: if one mark hangs up, they just move on because some people will fall for it. Otherwise the scammers wouldn't waste their time.

It's the same with internet scams in that some people fall for the scam. It's sad and pathetic.

Oh, and have a blessed day, eh?

[Stuart G]

35. Yes, that is it, your words,.... "some people fall for the scam. It's sad and pathetic."

If it..... never worked, no calls...It works because some fall for it.....

[yardwork]

37. "Have blessed day."

The speaker spoke standard U.S. English, but the script was written by somebody for whom English is not their first language.

[Chainfire]

29. And all they want

Is your SSN, you bank account numbers, the deed to the farm, your first born child and a fat check to make the problem go away. The good scammers will now have their phone numbers read as if from being an appropriate zone.

[triron]

31. It's a scam probably.

[yardwork]

38. Ya think?

[Vinca]

34. The IRS never calls you. They send a letter so when you clutch your chest in panic as you

open it, there's someone at the post office to call 911. They're thoughtful like that.

[yardwork]

39. Lol!

[Roland99]

40. I got five separate calls from the Social Security administration this week.

The first time I toyed with him for a minute or two. The next four times I let them have it with both barrels