Description

Got a call. "Angel" from the "Tax Group". It was obviously a scam but I occasionally moonlight as a scambaiter so I baited whatever info I could out of them. "Angel" was clearly a pre-recorded message so I just followed the instructions to get through to someone. The man I got through to had an eastern accent, probably Indian or one of the surrounding countries. They claimed to be from LA, working for a group which does what I would describe as tax auditing. They claimed I had "over $400" (no specific figure given) in back taxes which I had not paid. Obviously this is all the job of the I.R.S., and they'd never do something like call and demand $400 in this way. The phone number was *probably* spoofed but it's possible it wasn't so I included it anyway earlier. That's all the information I managed to get out of them before something spooked them and they hung up.