Survey claiming to represent the IRS. What does asking if I use the Internet to buy products have to do with the IRS? What does asking if I used social websites such as Facebook have to do with the IRS? Sure they threw in a couple of questions like did you file a tax return last year? Since they knew my name before they called, they knew that I did. I am suspicious as to the real reason behind this call.
Here is how to handle their calls. Whenever I get a call from a telemarketer, I always say,"Thank you for calling "whatever town" police/fire/hospital. What is your emergency?" They always hang up and I never get a call back - our number is taken off their list.
They called at 8 pm, asked for me by first name. When asked what this was about, they self id'd as Russell Research (as did the caller ID) and was paying to participate in a focus group in Rutherford NJ paying $100 for a 2 hour group, opposite Giants Stadium. I don't know how they associated my first name with this unlisted, restricted, not in my name, DO NOT CALL LIST number. Unfortunately, although I would normally demand to know all this, I had been interrupted in something and hung up before finding out.