On 10/23/2015 3:24 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 10/22/2015 8:03 PM, 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.
>>
> Yes I know, and some of what they send should have to be signed for, and
> they don't do that.
>
+1
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