Farewell, nice knowing you all.....

[figbat]

I got one a few days ago. Well, I assume I did as I hung up before the recorded message had even completed saying “This is HMRC...”. Perhaps I am also now expecting a visit from enforcement officers? 😬

 

[I like Skol]

I got one a few days ago. Well, I assume I did as I hung up before the recorded message had even completed saying “This is HMRC...”. Perhaps I am also now expecting a visit from enforcement officers? 😬

As I nearly did, but as I wasn't particularly busy at that very moment decided to let it run and see how convincing/awful/amusing it was.

 

[oldworld]

Duly noted. Please continue to wait behind your couch. Officers will be upon you soon!

I've had similar call, the mechanical sounding voice can't be taken seriously so doubt anybody would get fooled.

 

[raleighnut]

I’d add Manchester to that list

Yebbut who'd choose to live in Manchester.

 

[olmosteel]

Some of us should dress up as police officers and knock on his door, with appropriate film crew, and post the reaction of FB or whatever.

 

[BoldonLad]

At least they gave you a head start... You could have been in Marbella by now...

He IS in Marbella

 

[numbnuts]

Don't you get the internet while in prison ?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

That's not a good idea. I've heard you get put through to a premium rate number costing £3.50 per minute and they are very good at keeping you talking.

This could be utter rubbish of course.

It is, it's technically impossible to do that

 

[HarryTheDog]

I got a HMRC you are being investigated for fraud call this morning from a tyneside number supposedly 0191 662 3434, not a person just a recording. So just hung up.
@annedonnelly I reported it on that webpage you mentioned.

 

[I like Skol]

Some of us should dress up as police officers and knock on his door, with appropriate film crew, and post the reaction of FB or whatever.

Just be warned, they'll never take me alive

 

[numbnuts]

Just be warned, they'll never take me alive

And his ghost may be heard........

 

[Venod]

I get 2 or 3 of these calls a week, along with calls from credit card companies looking to lower my interest rate and apology calls from the utility company for overcharging me. Since I’m not especially busy these days, I press whatever number they tell me to. I have yet to be charged for any of these calls. I also find it extremely interesting that no matter which call I am on, the person on the other end always has the same accent. I believe it is Pakistani because I was able to get one of them talking for quite a while and when I asked where he was, he said Pakistan. I get a kick out of finding ways to keep them on the phone for as long as I can. One of the most common comebacks I get from them is that last night he “f***ed my mother.” My comeback is “That’s interesting because my mother is dead. So, you like f***ing corpses?” They don’t know what to say, tell me to go f*** myself and hang up. They aren’t very original and it’s pretty easy to mess with them. And, it’s fun.

I too like to keep them on the phone, while they are entertaining me they are not scamming some unsuspecting victim, some of them are clueless and I get the impression they just follow a script, so you can baffle them with bullshit, I engaged the HMRC guy who's first question was, "what is your name" I don't think they will cancel my National Insurance number and prosecute me, if they don't know my name, after a while he gave some abusive comment and hung up. I will always waste their time, they don't have a problem wasting mine.

 

[BoldonLad]

I got a HMRC you are being investigated for fraud call this morning from a tyneside number supposedly 0191 662 3434, not a person just a recording. So just hung up.
@annedonnelly I reported it on that webpage you mentioned.

oh dear, my cover is blown

 

[classic33]

Just be warned, they'll never take me alive

 

[MntnMan62]

I too like to keep them on the phone, while they are entertaining me they are not scamming some unsuspecting victim, some of them are clueless and I get the impression they just follow a script, so you can baffle them with bullshit, I engaged the HMRC guy who's first question was, "what is your name" I don't think they will cancel my National Insurance number and prosecute me, if they don't know my name, after a while he gave some abusive comment and hung up. I will always waste their time, they don't have a problem wasting mine.

What is really funny is all of these Pakistani guys have super normal American names. Mark Smith. Steve Jones. I also ask them their name. When they give me a name that is clearly made up I offer them my name. I am Mahmoud. Almost every time the response is “What?”. I then say, “My name is Mahmoud Balabala.” Sometimes they will call me on it and I usually respond that my name is just as real as their’s.