The Off Topic Topic

[grumbler]

So I keep getting these phone calls, with numbers originating from all over the world.  It's a recording saying that they are the Canada Revenue Agency, that there is a warrant for your arrest, and to please call them at a set number.

Now its obviously a scam - that's not how CRA, or arrest warrants, work.  Plus the fact they don't even use your own name is a kind of a hint.  But I keep getting these calls.  As does my wife.  And a lot of other people in Canada.  There've even been news reports about thesee scammers - apparently they're based in India.

My question - do they just target Canadians?  Or do they try this is other countries too?

I got one of those a few years back claiming to be the IRS.

[crazy canuck]

So I keep getting these phone calls, with numbers originating from all over the world.  It's a recording saying that they are the Canada Revenue Agency, that there is a warrant for your arrest, and to please call them at a set number.

Now its obviously a scam - that's not how CRA, or arrest warrants, work.  Plus the fact they don't even use your own name is a kind of a hint.  But I keep getting these calls.  As does my wife.  And a lot of other people in Canada.  There've even been news reports about thesee scammers - apparently they're based in India.

My question - do they just target Canadians?  Or do they try this is other countries too?

My father in law fell for those scams - twice - in one year.  He is reflexively responsive to someone claiming to be from the government.  Also, he is slowing down a bit mentally.  We have since given him a new computer (he had given them complete access to his old computer); changed all his bank accounts, credit cards, and my wife now needs to approve all transactions out of his new accounts over a certain amount. 

[dps]

I got 3 of those calls in 2 days last week, though given that I'm an American, they claimed to be IRS.

[Razgovory]

Whitey Bulger, American mobster and former head of the "Winter Hill" gang, has been murdered.

[Eddie Teach]

The one Johnny Depp played in that movie, right?

[HVC]

So I keep getting these phone calls, with numbers originating from all over the world.  It's a recording saying that they are the Canada Revenue Agency, that there is a warrant for your arrest, and to please call them at a set number.

Now its obviously a scam - that's not how CRA, or arrest warrants, work.  Plus the fact they don't even use your own name is a kind of a hint.  But I keep getting these calls.  As does my wife.  And a lot of other people in Canada.  There've even been news reports about thesee scammers - apparently they're based in India.

My question - do they just target Canadians?  Or do they try this is other countries too?

I got one of those a few years back claiming to be the IRS.

I've gotten a couple from the IRS too, cause they scammers got confused.

much like BB I get tons of these calls. starting in mid april to around august. it's annoying.

[The Larch]

The one Johnny Depp played in that movie, right?

Yeah, and the one who inspired Jack Nicholson's character from The Departed.

Bludgeoned to death in his jail cell, cinematic and sordid to the end.

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah, and the one who inspired Jack Nicholson's character from The Departed.

I thought The Departed was based on a Hong Kong movie.

[The Larch]

Yeah, and the one who inspired Jack Nicholson's character from The Departed.

I thought The Departed was based on a Hong Kong movie.

Yes, it was based on/a remake of Infernal Affairs, a HK movie, but the Nicholson character was not as prominent on it as it was in The Departed, and its portrayal was based on Bulger.

[Valmy]

Whitey Bulger, American mobster and former head of the "Winter Hill" gang, has been murdered.

What a shame.

[Razgovory]

I got 3 of those calls in 2 days last week, though given that I'm an American, they claimed to be IRS.

I get those calls occasionally.  My sister got one of those calls and paid.  She's not exactly the brains of the family, though she is a bit better adjusted than the rest of us.

[Syt]

DHL claims they tried to deliver my package 20 minutes ago according to tracker.

Fucking liars.

[Syt]

To make things worse, I accepted a delivery for my neighbor today, from a different service.

So I can now go and pick up my parcel this afternoon, and wait for my neighbor who's rarely home to pick up his whatever.

[Tamas]

Yeah, and the one who inspired Jack Nicholson's character from The Departed.

I thought The Departed was based on a Hong Kong movie.

Yes, it was based on/a remake of Infernal Affairs, a HK movie, but the Nicholson character was not as prominent on it as it was in The Departed, and its portrayal was based on Bulger.

Let's be honest Nicholson was a bit shit in that one, and I liked the movie overall.

[Duque de Bragança]

DHL claims they tried to deliver my package 20 minutes ago according to tracker.

Fucking liars.

So it's not just me, my brother and other people.