$7000 tax department phone scam

[xelasnave]

Pranking telemarketers....

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...9D&FORM=VIRE1#

alex

[traveller (Bo)]

Originally Posted by Octane

Bo, Mel just said you're a 3 year old. I wouldn't take that if I were you.

H

Not taking that bait
Anyway, age is not related to maturity, I act like a three year old now and then.
Bo

[Ric]

Hope they give me a call, I'm always up for a bit of fun.

[Stardrifter_WA]

I agree with Traveller. I often say that "growing old may be compulsory, but growing up is optional". Tag, you it!

[danielsun]

Yes, my mother in law received one of $7000 tax calls just the other day. She was suspicious and said that the man gave her the number to call back on and after 10 min he called back saying "why haven't you called", she said "because it's obvious this is a scam" he swore at her and hung up.

[Mliss (Mel)]

Originally Posted by traveller

Not taking that bait
Anyway, age is not related to maturity, I act like a three year old now and then.
Bo

i missed this. Cheeky H!

Ric

i watched this today, it's brilliant. http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/10/anat...ntre-scam.html

One very long phone call ... but jump forward to about 19mins in and you'll hear the scam fall apart. Love it!!

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Stardrifter_WA

Forget the do not call register, for as you say charities are exempt. However, if it is a private number, you can always go to a silent number. I did and never get calls from charities. I always thought that they just called numbers sequentially, but apparently not.

There was a change to the law several years ago to stop sequential and random dialing. I used to have a silent number and was pestered until they made that change.