On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 20:03:38 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 19:44:38 -0400, Cheryl >
>wrote:
>
>>On 10/18/2015 5:44 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:32:25 -0400, Dave Smith
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> A couple months ago I got a call from "the income tax department"
>>>> telling me I had been audited and owed them money and had to pay it
>>>> immediately.
>>>
>>> Heh. We get that one too. I've apparently been in trouble with the tax
>>> department twice so far... the last time, a message was left on my
>>> machine from a 'Scott Thompson' from the Australian Tax Office, who
>>> couldn't have sounded less anglo-saxon if he tried.
>>>
>>I've been getting that call often lately. I can see why some might be
>>gullible enough to fall for it, they do sound real. But I've already
>>been hearing about these calls so I ignore them.
>
>The IRS NEVER calls, they send snail mail.

I'm guessing that everyone in this group knows that. This particular
scam is the largest ever in the US and has suckered millions of
dollars from the gullible. They have been calling me for almost a
year now. I think their calling machine has a crush on my answering
machine.
Janet US