I received several phone calls-voicemail messages about paying off delinquent tax bills from another number (212-375-0323) before I bothered to call it back. There is a message que that you go through and in the end, they hang up on you and then call you back on another line (202-719-5145, a Washington, DC area code, was the one they called me on).
A woman was on the line and I told her to stop calling me on my work telephone (it's a government phone paid by the American tax payers). She then told me that she needed by federal ID badge number (which I am forbidden to give to her). I again asked her to stop calling me and she insisted that my phone was not a government phone and that it was a private individual's phone.
I'm fairly certain that this telemarketer is running a scam designed to prey upon unsuspecting individuals owing back taxes. I don't owe any back taxes (and ALWAYS pay my income tax on time), so again I asked the woman to stop calling my number and she then accused me of being "a liar, a cheat, and probably a dead-beat dad." Anyone who would employ such an abusive individual must NOT be honest or working on the level, so I told her I was going to report her to Verizon, the phone service provider.
Eventually, she hung up on me so I called Verizon and asked the customer representative to block both numbers, which Verizon did.
Is it just me or is does there seem to be an increase in this kind of phone traffic these days?
I received several phone calls-voicemail messages about paying off delinquent tax bills from another number (212-375-0323) before I bothered to call it back. There is a message que that you go through and in the end, they hang up on you and then call you back on another line (202-719-5145, a Washington, DC area code, was the one they called me on).
A woman was on the line and I told her to stop calling me on my work telephone (it's a government phone paid by the American tax payers). She then told me that she needed by federal ID badge number (which I am forbidden to give to her). I again asked her to stop calling me and she insisted that my phone was not a government phone and that it was a private individual's phone.
I'm fairly certain that this telemarketer is running a scam designed to prey upon unsuspecting individuals owing back taxes. I don't owe any back taxes (and ALWAYS pay my income tax on time), so again I asked the woman to stop calling my number and she then accused me of being "a liar, a cheat, and probably a dead-beat dad." Anyone who would employ such an abusive individual must NOT be honest or working on the level, so I told her I was going to report her to Verizon, the phone service provider.
Eventually, she hung up on me so I called Verizon and asked the customer representative to block both numbers, which Verizon did.
Is it just me or is does there seem to be an increase in this kind of phone traffic these days?