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.
This same group just called me using a different number:
971-220-1029
This number had no complaints on this site or on 800notes.com so my guess it just started using it to get around others blocking them.
I reported that number on 800notes.com with the following comment:
Seems like this may be another ploy to get around the DO NOT CALL list. Recorded message started out that this was a survey on "the nation's debt crisis" and for participating in the survey I will receive a free two day cruise to the Bahamas. All I needed was to pay gratuities and a small port tax.
When I did a call back on the number I got the same recording so the company might be legit. My concern is once I accept a call from this number it would allow future calls based on my doing prior business. Being as I am on the permanent DO NOT CALL list they should not be calling in the first place.
They are using a NEW Telephone Number: 971-220-1014 and still the same old scammer story.
READERS: NEVER give your credit card information over the phone to someone you don't know, that you did not initiate the call for - and remember "FREE CRUISE" is another saying for SCAMMER - DO NOT FALL FOR THIS, CALL YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY IN YOUR STATE TO REPORT this scam.