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What are Government Scam Calls?

Spam calls or robocalls that are claiming to be from a government agency in order to obtain money or private information are called "government scams". The most common government scam call is where the caller pretends to be a tax collector from the IRS, in which they ask you to send money to a bank account in order to not be arrested. It is important to note that this is not the way the IRS gets money from people who owe taxes or from people who have committed tax fraud, so do not believe these callers. Other agencies that robocalls pose as are the FBI, police departments, the Social Security Administration, and others. When people make these calls and pose as government agencies, they are breaking the law and have poor intentions. The best way to ensure you are not getting scammed is to call the government agency the caller is claiming to be apart of directly, and ask them if you truly are wanted for tax fraud, a crime, etc. The real employee from the organization will be able to confirm if you are speaking to a scammer or not. If you are, you should hang up and block the caller from contacting you again.

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Anonymous
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DirectTV scam.

Caller: 800 Service
Anonymous
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Trying to sell Direct TV but I'm not sure it's true

Caller: Direct TV
SCaraway
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Continuous calls from DirectTV which was purchased by AT&T 7/24/2015. Although AT&T is aware of the "bot" calls the company obviously refuses to address the annoying calls experienced by AT&T consumers and those of us who don't have the service. AT&T has curiously developed an "app" for any Smartphone that supposedly detects the calls, and of course blocks. But I suspect this is AT&T's round about way of soliciting sales. Bottom line: it's AT&T...

Caller: Direct TV / AT&T
Stella
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An anonymous caller from the above number left the most obscene vile message....no attempt to identify any company, just a completely and utterly depraved individual. I am on the Do Not Call Registry, but apparently that means nothing. And this call came in on 4/19 around 2pm to my family's home messaging machine...any one of my children could have retrieved it. This individual is sick and any operation condoning this illegal activity should be investigated immediately.

Bob
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This is a scam. They offer a discount for a three month package. They want you to pay with Amazon gift card or something similar. Sometimes they have information that your Internet or TV provider would have, such as account numbers, payment history, address, etc. They have this information because your provider got hacked and your information was sold to some scandalous company. Nothing you can do because the people who can do something about it either dont care or got paid, or both.

Julie
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Yes spam caller. Do not call again, Did not answer.

Caller: Direct TV
FWD
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Woke us early this morning, voice was so soft and not understandable; sounded like a real person but we hung up.

Caller: Unknown
William Harvey
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Phishing/Bogus/Scam/Annoyance Call(s)", To my Colorado 303 Area Code Landline Telephone Number - HOPING for a LIVE Answer - but ACTUALLY NOT Personally Answered by ME - IS instead "Auto" Answered, by my "Silent" NO "Annoying" Audible Ring Telephone System, with MY Recorded Message, and their Message (IF Any) then also Recorded, With ALL Pertinent I.D. Information also Logged, all to be Retrieved LATER at MY Convenience.

DETAILS:
1. Call From Telephone Number:1-800-531-5000
2. Caller I.D. shows Call from:"Toll Free".
3. Call Received/Recorded On Date-Time:03/19/2018 11:14AM MST.
4. Recorded Information Retrieved on Date-Time:03/19/2018 11:39AM MST-Bogus Spam Scam for Annoyance Only with NO Message actually Left.
5. Internet Number Lookup Shows as:"Direc TV" Aurora CO.
6. DISPOSITION:Erased/Deleted from my Primary Computer Telephone System AFTER Documenting/Saving to External Media and Reporting.

Caller: Direc TV Aurora CO.
home owner
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Caller did not leave any message

Caller: 800-531-5000
ALDO
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BOMB INDIA.

Caller: INDIA
JT
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Received 15 calls from this number in just today! I answered to call around the 6th time. Indian accent, said they were calling from DirectTV with a promotion. I said I wasn't interested and hung up. I've had to block the number

Caller: Claiming to be DirectTV
Mama Bear
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They called and wanted to verify my name and address on Direct TV account. They said that the promotion I had been offered had been complied with...there was a visa card programmed for me to use by using payperview... total scammers. Disconcerting because they knew the last 4 digits of my credit card! I did not use a card to pay my Direct TV bill.

Caller: Said they were reps from Direct TV
Anonymous
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Robocall scam

Caller: 800 531 5000
Anonymous
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Stop calling

Anonymous
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Calls constantly and no one answers

Caller: ATnT
Anonymous
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Telemarketing

Jacki
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Called me few times w deal paying to get bill cut almost half by prepaying several hundred that night. Plus got extra free things from DirectTv Att

Caller: Talked before to Indian man. Then got several hangup or no message left.
Anonymous
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Called well before 8:00 AM!!! Picked up after several rings. No one spoke. After several seconds they hung up. After reading the comments here my suspicions were confirmed. How do we get rid of this Indian trash?

Anonymous
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Called at 8;15am. sCAM already have direct TV. Do not call.

Caller: Direct TV
Anonymous
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Yes said they were AT&T

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