Had message on answering machine stating from IRS. Called knowing it was not the IRS. Got agent...outsourced I am sure. Told Agent IRS will write letters not call. Hung up. Called back again. Told them not to call my number again, was called names. Some people might believe that it is the IRS. Just criminals.
Its a survey that offers you a "free cruise" if you answer their few questions... Its a scam. They want you to pay a small fee of "taxes" up front which turn out to be non refundable - read online a similar situation where one person lost $500... What it would cost you for a cruise...
They provided a website - www.2011celebration.com or something like that - My daughter responded out of curiosity and put me on the phone when a live person came on... I spoke with a woman named Shelda who was far from experienced, courteous or polite- quite rude actually... I thanked her for her time but said we would not be interested which she did not take very well- raised her voice accusing me of calling them (which we did not) and then hung up on me.
Received this call last night. It had an automated message about doing a survey in exchange for a cruise (just as described in the message above). However at the end of the message, there was an option to press 1 to speak to a representative, or press 9 to be removed from the calling list.
This number keeps calling my home number as well as my cell number at all hours of the night. They always hang up but, this is very distrupting as my spouse works swing shift at his work place.