• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
• If it sounds (or looks) too good to be true, it probably is.
• You have not won big bucks from a benign benefactor, a pot of pesos from PCH, dinero from a doctor, or a grant from a gracious government <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
• The tooth fairy really does not exist
• Everything you read on the internet is not necessarily true.
• It is illegal to ask for money for a loan or prize, before awarding the loan or prize!
• "Free Trips" are loaded with mandatory & costly extras, and you usually must give them your card number after listening to a loooong spiel at a hotel.
• Microsoft or one of their agents did NOT cold call you to fix your computer.
• The moon is not made of green cheese.
• The IRS will snailmail you, rather than phone you, if there is a problem.
• Jackalope milk is not an aphrodisiac.
• If you "green dot", MoneyGram or Western Union money to a scammer, the money is gone.
• You should beware of Greeks bearing gifts, specially if the gift is a wooden horse with termites.
More information on those scams (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html
Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam.
Just got a VMS from what sounded like a woman, but pretty sure it was a recorded message, "The IRS is filing a law suit against you, to get more details about this case, call this number back..." I tried to call it from another phone, nobody answered, and tried again and then a busy signal. I'm reporting it.
got a call saying that they will be seizing my property and arrest me as well within next 48 hours. was also asking for home address (which they should have it) then I realized that it might be a scam.
I received this message. "The reason for this call is to inform you that the IRS is filing a lawsuit against you. To get more information about this case file, please call immediately on our department."
Just received a phone call that the IRS was suing me. I could not understand him so I asked him to put his supervisor on and he told me that he was going to [***] me and my family. That was after he said they were going to throw me in jail for not paying taxes. Interesting phone call for a Monday morning.