Scammers are posing as IRS agents and stealing people's money. One man's story proves it can happen to anyone. -Mashable

[MagickMuffin]

2. Learn this lesson: Government departments DO NOT CALL YOU

If they need to get in touch with you they will snail mail you, and even nowadays that can be scammed.

If you receive a call from the “government” ask for their name and a call back number so you can call them back. More than likely they will hang up.

Below is something that happened to an acquaintance of mine.

Also beware of scam calls from your banking institutes. Scammers can now use phone numbers that look like they are your banks. They will tell you they are from the fraud decision and that there’s an issue with your account.

Someone else on her post mentioned Cellular is also being used to hack your phones. Her scam was someone called her from “Cellular” and told her someone was trying to buy a phone and they would give her a code to use which she did. Immediately, her phone was inoperable.

Realizing what she did might not have been right so they called cellular from her sister’s phone and informed Cellular. They were able to replace her SIM card.


Just a few examples of what people are doing to trick us into giving out our info without a second thought because we fall for the scams. I just hope I don’t fall for this crap.