Received two calls in one day from 607-735-0855 and 315-458-7682, caller ID's both showed them from "NEW YORK", and both a poor automated voice recording stating that this was my last chance to avoid arrest/persecution and demanded I call the "IRS" at 347-305-6110.
1) The IRS never contacts people via the phone and never threatens a person, especially using a generic voice recording and NOT stating your full name and giving a contact name.
2) Communications would be via a 1-800 (toll free) number, if there are IRS issues and that would be ONLY after a USPS mailed formal communication is sent and specific issues have already been initialized. Again a IRS agent name, your name and other relevant information will be included in documentation.
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A clue, if one chooses to play with them and check for legitimacy, when calling their "must call this number" 347-306-6110, always preceded dialing these with the "*67" to block your number. If your blocked number is NOT accepted, that is a clue that they are harvesting numbers. (Collecting numbers to use again as active victims or to sell to other scammers). If the call is rejected, there is a 99% these people are nothing but criminals.
I understand the do not call list. How do they still get the nummbers. I get the phone call rings at lest 3 times and if someone doesn't pick up I here good bye on the answering ma sheen.
Yes its a scam saying windows ect...do not give any info out.
Called me my daughter and other family members saying my late father has left $6.3 million in a hidden Will .. After telling them of there mistake and they had the wrong number but new the person who they wanted, i gave them the local police station number to call instead.. my dad would have found it very funny
I am in South Africa and have just had a call from 0016077350885 perp[orting to be from Windows. We get a lasrge number of these calls in SA and all from Windows and if listened to they will takem over your computer and then it will cost money to get it back. They snare only gullible people of which there are many. The best is when you see a strange number that you do not recognize is to answer the phone but say nothing and they will hang up.