Returning IRS scammers call for fun

[BadgerKid]

Recently I received a "final notice" from a number out of New Your. Some female computer robot warning me I could be sued. Yada yada. Moments later I called the number back and got someone identifying himself as Officer Whatever. When he asked for my information, I said I would not and added that the IRS does not do things this way. After I mentioned I would file a report on this number, Officer remained pretty relaxed about the whole thing.

Whack-a-mole, I'm sure.

[Warpy]

1. Robocalls from spoofed numbers offshore

I don't answer anything that doesn't have a business name attached to it. And few that do.

[MontanaMama]

2. I've posted this before

That my 12 year old kid is a master at keeping these fools on the phone for as long as possible...wasting as much of their time as he can. We have a land line because cell service is spotty where we live and we get calls from the "IRS" and "Microsoft" often. I can't believe people still fall for this nonsense...sadly. However, my son gives them a run for their money and it is awesome.

[trixie2]

3. I do the same thing

Microsoft - what's a computer? Can you give me a computer? Where are you calling from? etc.

IRS - What does IRS mean? Where is D.C. Located? Is that the state of Washington? I go on and on.

[MontanaMama]

5. That's great!!

The last time my kiddo engaged one of these yahoos, he told the "IRS agent" that he didn't owe taxes because he was just released from prison. The dude asked him why he was in prison and the child replied that he "shot a man just to watch him die". I folded up laughing my guts out and the guy hung up on us. We kept calling him back until they blocked us. Sometimes we just enjoy it way too much.

[trixie2]

6. OMG!

I am so copying you on this. I call back repeatedly too.

[kimbutgar]

4. When I get these calls no I block them on my phone

Especially on my landline. I block them, one ring , and gone.

[mulsh]

7. my caller ID identifies these as "fraudulent call". I don't get to many but the originate in a CT

area code mostly.

[Solly Mack]

8. I recently made sex moans during an unwanted call.

I don't know why, I just did.

It's the one where they call and ask to speak to "Johnny", as if they are some friend calling. I guess they figure the odds are in their favor in reaching such a common name more times than not.

I went from being polite to saying Johnny was dead to saying Johnny was murdered and then one day I simply started moaning and telling them harder, faster, yes, yes, yes.

It seems to have worked.

No one asking for Johnny anymore.

I hope it was good for them too.

[jmowreader]

9. I tell them, "Sorry, I have no money to pay that. You'll just have to arrest me."

And then I give them the address of where I am...how convenient it is that the street addresses of federal prisons are all online...