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By Associated Press and Griff BennerPublished: October 6, 2016, 1:00 pm
NEW DELHI (AP) – Indian police have arrested 70 people and are questioning hundreds more after uncovering a massive scam to cheat thousands of Americans out of millions of dollars by posing as U.S. tax authorities and demanding unpaid taxes, a police officer said Thursday.
According to police in Mumbai, the yearlong scam involved running fake call centers which sent voice mail messages telling U.S. nationals to call back because they owed back taxes.
Those who called back and believed the threats would fork out thousands of dollars to “settle” their case, Mumbai police officer Parag Marere said Thursday.
The scam brought in more than $150,000 a day, Marere said without giving a total sum. If the scam netted that amount daily, it would have made almost $55 million in one year.
https://abc27.com/2016/10/06/dozens-arrested-at-india-call-center-linked-to-irs-scam-calls/
I have received those threatening calls a number of times and hang up quickly. They’re insulting and offensive, and it upsets me to think that some people might be gullible enough to respond. The strong Indian accent supposedly coming from the IRS is a joke. I’d be happy not to get them any more.
These guys called me a few weeks back and I called them right back. I got some jerkoff named ” bill” but he sounded like his name was hashish. I dragged this guy along for 2 days! It’s was AWESOME. I kept telling him that I had to transfer money and do this and that and I was so sorry for the delay. I even gave his a shitty Western Union number that looked legit…I simply did an Internet search to see what numbers they usually started with and gave him a crappy one. AWSOME!
I always get a little weepy when Dawali ends…