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As far as the thread goes, what I can't understand is why U.S. law enforcement hasn't cracked down on credit card transaction handlers and bankers for facilitating the flow of funds to these scoundrels. I can see that the scam artists can operate unfettered in India or Estonia for a long time without being molested. But any scam needs a flow of real money to be worthwhile. If I were in law enforcement I would pay a friendly visit to any financial institution helping to move money to them.
THey make thousands of calls a day. If they score on on or two out of the thousands, it is worth to to them.
Yep, the old saying is "If you throw enough **** up against a wall, some of it will stick. That is how they score.
A young guy I work with came to me one day and said "Can the IRS come after you and not tell you why you are being sued "? I asked him why, and he said he got a phone call threatening him if he didn't pay them.
We pulled up the phone number from his phone and googled it, and saw a bunch of people saying they got the same call from that number and it was a scam.
makes me wonder if these immigrants are here legally in the first place to be that paranoid about being deported.
I don't know about the U.S but here in Canada, any legal immigrant who commits a crime and is sentenced to six months or more in jail is automatically deported after the sentence is served. I imagine that tax evasion can easily invite a sentence of six months or more in jail or prison. (Yes I know these calls are fake but I'm trying to put myself into the minds of an immigrant family). A legal immigrant does not enjoy the same rights as a citizen.
They threatened jail time and also said they would impound our bank accounts. I'm pretty savvy on all these scams and I'll admit the first call I got had me thinking and worrying...for about 30 seconds before I thought, "waaait a minute......"
I got a call a couple of weeks ago. I let any unrecognized numbers go to voice mail. The area code was somewhere in Washington state. I was miffed, thinking about how many elderly people fall for this, since they are usually trusting of authority, don't keep up online with the latest scams, and are concerned about being good citizens. So glad they nailed these people.
A guy on Youtube publishes these recordings of a software program that talks with telemarketers and IRS scammers. It waits for a pause in the conversation, then says one of a fixed set of canned responses like "please tell me more" or "can you say that again?" It leads them on for 15 minutes or longer, wasting their time. Really hilarious stuff.
I came home to a message that I was facing arrest if I didn't respond and instantly realized the scam.
I have a 120 db compressed air boat horn so I called back and as soon as I got someone on the phone I pressed it right into the mouthpiece (landline phone) and let it rip.
So much fun I did it again twice.....got a different person each time.My daughter was in tears laughing.
Might have damaged their hearing.
makes me wonder if these immigrants are here legally in the first place to be that paranoid about being deported.
It indeed makes you paranoid, when some one calls you tells your address, phone number , family member s names etc..
I knew they were scammers but they have valuable personal identity information . Since they are preying on people living in US and steal their info, may be FBI should also take a look.
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