On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:01:28 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 10/23/2015 2:29 PM, Janet B wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:29:26 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/23/2015 11:45 AM, Janet B wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> I think the IRS should look into the returns for the people who
>>> were scammed. They sure think they must owe. Heh. Guilty conscience.
>
>> How many people are totally confident that they have done their taxes
>> correctly -- that they didn't miss something? And then having the
>> threat of the sheriff coming to your door with a warrant unless you
>> respond immediately, it strikes fear. The phone call is very, very
>> threatening.
>
>The IRS contacted me to say I owed a large sum of money. I didn't,
>but that's another story. If they said they were sending the
>sheriff over I'd laugh. You get time to check up on your return,
>or contact your accountant. They tell you which item on your
>return you got wrong (in their opinion). Not just Pay Up! Today!
>
>Yes, I know there are people who can be scammed because of some
>problems they have. I'm not talking about them, and I feel bad
>that they are conned like that, it must be hard.
>
>nancy
>
One only has to look at politics and supporters in the US today to
realize how many un-educated, simple-minded, gullible people there are
around. As I said, I don't figure anyone hear would fall for the scam
but hundreds of thousands will.
It is the goal of scams to find those people.
Janet US