Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Hey everyone, after messing with this scammer line for a little while, I thought I'd give them a call and pretend to be interested in working with them, to see if the scammers would give me any information, which strangely enough they seemed to divulge like it was the apocalypse. Enjoy!
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The scam: Someone claiming to be with the IRS or from the "Criminal Investigation Department" of the IRS will call and say
that the police will arrest you or you will go to jail if you don't pay them a certain amount right away. They'll say they have
"allegations" or a "lawsuit" against your name or account and that you need to go to a Western Union/Moneygram to wire an officer or department the money. It's all a complete scam of course. The IRS will never call out of the blue. Screw these scammers!
treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
Thanks for watching everyone, and please subscribe to The Hoax Hotel for more videos of messing with scammers!
Intro song:
Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: incompetech.com
Outro song:
'Pisco Sour' - Gunnar Olsen
Copyright © 2016 The Hoax Hotel
Scam the scammers!
Hey everyone, after messing with this scammer line for a little while, I thought I'd give them a call and pretend to be interested in working with them, to see if the scammers would give me any information, which strangely enough they seemed to divulge like it was the apocalypse. Enjoy!
Follow me: Twitter ▶ twitter.com/thehoaxhotel
Patreon ▶ patreon.com/TheHoaxHotel
Facebook ▶ facebook.com/TheHoaxHotel
Instagram ▶ instagram.com/thehoaxhotel
The scam: Someone claiming to be with the IRS or from the "Criminal Investigation Department" of the IRS will call and say
that the police will arrest you or you will go to jail if you don't pay them a certain amount right away. They'll say they have
"allegations" or a "lawsuit" against your name or account and that you need to go to a Western Union/Moneygram to wire an officer or department the money. It's all a complete scam of course. The IRS will never call out of the blue. Screw these scammers!
treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
Thanks for watching everyone, and please subscribe to The Hoax Hotel for more videos of messing with scammers!
Intro song:
Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: incompetech.com
Outro song:
'Pisco Sour' - Gunnar Olsen
Copyright © 2016 The Hoax Hotel
Scam the scammers!
