(202) 844-7621

Phishing scam: IRS + robocall + backtaxes + arrest warrant Hi all: Wanted to post this here in hopes that it helps someone out. I fell victim to an (apparently common) phishing scam this past Friday. I found an [article on Medium.com](https://medium.com/@hemeon/how-i-almost-fell-for-a-irs-phishing-scam-71ed869555e1) that very closely describes my experience. I was able to figure out this was a scam about an hour into the whole thing, but not before I had given over $500 (which you can't get back from your credit card issuer because it technically isn't fraud, FYI). I feel really embarrassed about even getting that far, but whatever. tl;dr things to look out for: 1. The phone number that called me was 202-844-7621 2. I spoke with three individuals who each gave me first and last names (Carolyn Jordan, Craig Danell, Marshall Harrison), in addition to IRS ID numbers 3. They referenced my address and had the last four digits of my SSN 4. They told me that I was to speak to no one about this issue 5. They told me that I had an arrest warrant that was pending and would be executed unless I worked with them to resolve the issue 6. They told me I was to stay on the phone with them the entire time and not disconnect the line 7. It seemed pretty convincing until Craig told me that I needed to put money on iTunes gift cards (which I somehow rationalized and purchased) 8. The jig was over when Craig told me to go to Best Buy and put the remaining $4,500 on three Best Buy gift cards. I knew I was getting hustled. Please read the article I linked up above, my experience was really similar to the author's, down to the phrasing of the quotes he included. If they're thirsty enough to not let you hang up and call them back, it's not the IRS. Don't be like me. Please share.

Phishing scam: IRS + robocall + backtaxes + arrest warrant Hi all: Wanted to post this here in hopes that it helps someone out. I fell victim to an (apparently common) phishing scam this past Friday. I found an [article on Medium.com](https://medium.com/@hemeon/how-i-almost-fell-for-a-irs-phishing-scam-71ed869555e1) that very closely describes my experience. I was able to figure out this was a scam about an hour into the whole thing, but not before I had given over $500 (which you can't get back from your credit card issuer because it technically isn't fraud, FYI). I feel really embarrassed about even getting that far, but whatever. tl;dr things to look out for: 1. The phone number that called me was 202-844-7621 2. I spoke with three individuals who each gave me first and last names (Carolyn Jordan, Craig Danell, Marshall Harrison), in addition to IRS ID numbers 3. They referenced my address and had the last four digits of my SSN 4. They told me that I was to speak to no one about this issue 5. They told me that I had an arrest warrant that was pending and would be executed unless I worked with them to resolve the issue 6. They told me I was to stay on the phone with them the entire time and not disconnect the line 7. It seemed pretty convincing until Craig told me that I needed to put money on iTunes gift cards (which I somehow rationalized and purchased) 8. The jig was over when Craig told me to go to Best Buy and put the remaining $4,500 on three Best Buy gift cards. I knew I was getting hustled. Please read the article I linked up above, my experience was really similar to the author's, down to the phrasing of the quotes he included. If they're thirsty enough to not let you hang up and call them back, it's not the IRS. Don't be like me. Please share.

Phishing scam: IRS + robocall + backtaxes + arrest warrant Hi all: Wanted to post this here in hopes that it helps someone out. I fell victim to an (apparently common) phishing scam this past Friday. I found an [article on Medium.com](https://medium.com/@hemeon/how-i-almost-fell-for-a-irs-phishing-scam-71ed869555e1) that very closely describes my experience. I was able to figure out this was a scam about an hour into the whole thing, but not before I had given over $500 (which you can't get back from your credit card issuer because it technically isn't fraud, FYI). I feel really embarrassed about even getting that far, but whatever. tl;dr things to look out for: 1. The phone number that called me was 202-844-7621 2. I spoke with three individuals who each gave me first and last names (Carolyn Jordan, Craig Danell, Marshall Harrison), in addition to IRS ID numbers 3. They referenced my address and had the last four digits of my SSN 4. They told me that I was to speak to no one about this issue 5. They told me that I had an arrest warrant that was pending and would be executed unless I worked with them to resolve the issue 6. They told me I was to stay on the phone with them the entire time and not disconnect the line 7. It seemed pretty convincing until Craig told me that I needed to put money on iTunes gift cards (which I somehow rationalized and purchased) 8. The jig was over when Craig told me to go to Best Buy and put the remaining $4,500 on three Best Buy gift cards. I knew I was getting hustled. Please read the article I linked up above, my experience was really similar to the author's, down to the phrasing of the quotes he included. If they're thirsty enough to not let you hang up and call them back, it's not the IRS. Don't be like me. Please share.

Phishing scam: IRS + robocall + backtaxes + arrest warrant Hi all: Wanted to post this here in hopes that it helps someone out. I fell victim to an (apparently common) phishing scam this past Friday. I found an [article on Medium.com](https://medium.com/@hemeon/how-i-almost-fell-for-a-irs-phishing-scam-71ed869555e1) that very closely describes my experience. I was able to figure out this was a scam about an hour into the whole thing, but not before I had given over $500 (which you can't get back from your credit card issuer because it technically isn't fraud, FYI). I feel really embarrassed about even getting that far, but whatever. tl;dr things to look out for: 1. The phone number that called me was 202-844-7621 2. I spoke with three individuals who each gave me first and last names (Carolyn Jordan, Craig Danell, Marshall Harrison), in addition to IRS ID numbers 3. They referenced my address and had the last four digits of my SSN 4. They told me that I was to speak to no one about this issue 5. They told me that I had an arrest warrant that was pending and would be executed unless I worked with them to resolve the issue 6. They told me I was to stay on the phone with them the entire time and not disconnect the line 7. It seemed pretty convincing until Craig told me that I needed to put money on iTunes gift cards (which I somehow rationalized and purchased) 8. The jig was over when Craig told me to go to Best Buy and put the remaining $4,500 on three Best Buy gift cards. I knew I was getting hustled. Please read the article I linked up above, my experience was really similar to the author's, down to the phrasing of the quotes he included. If they're thirsty enough to not let you hang up and call them back, it's not the IRS. Don't be like me. Please share.

Phishing scam: IRS + robocall + backtaxes + arrest warrant Hi all: Wanted to post this here in hopes that it helps someone out. I fell victim to an (apparently common) phishing scam this past Friday. I found an [article on Medium.com](https://medium.com/@hemeon/how-i-almost-fell-for-a-irs-phishing-scam-71ed869555e1) that very closely describes my experience. I was able to figure out this was a scam about an hour into the whole thing, but not before I had given over $500 (which you can't get back from your credit card issuer because it technically isn't fraud, FYI). I feel really embarrassed about even getting that far, but whatever. tl;dr things to look out for: 1. The phone number that called me was 202-844-7621 2. I spoke with three individuals who each gave me first and last names (Carolyn Jordan, Craig Danell, Marshall Harrison), in addition to IRS ID numbers 3. They referenced my address and had the last four digits of my SSN 4. They told me that I was to speak to no one about this issue 5. They told me that I had an arrest warrant that was pending and would be executed unless I worked with them to resolve the issue 6. They told me I was to stay on the phone with them the entire time and not disconnect the line 7. It seemed pretty convincing until Craig told me that I needed to put money on iTunes gift cards (which I somehow rationalized and purchased) 8. The jig was over when Craig told me to go to Best Buy and put the remaining $4,500 on three Best Buy gift cards. I knew I was getting hustled. Please read the article I linked up above, my experience was really similar to the author's, down to the phrasing of the quotes he included. If they're thirsty enough to not let you hang up and call them back, it's not the IRS. Don't be like me. Please share.

Phishing scam: IRS + robocall + backtaxes + arrest warrant Hi all: Wanted to post this here in hopes that it helps someone out. I fell victim to an (apparently common) phishing scam this past Friday. I found an [article on Medium.com](https://medium.com/@hemeon/how-i-almost-fell-for-a-irs-phishing-scam-71ed869555e1) that very closely describes my experience. I was able to figure out this was a scam about an hour into the whole thing, but not before I had given over $500 (which you can't get back from your credit card issuer because it technically isn't fraud, FYI). I feel really embarrassed about even getting that far, but whatever. tl;dr things to look out for: 1. The phone number that called me was 202-844-7621 2. I spoke with three individuals who each gave me first and last names (Carolyn Jordan, Craig Danell, Marshall Harrison), in addition to IRS ID numbers 3. They referenced my address and had the last four digits of my SSN 4. They told me that I was to speak to no one about this issue 5. They told me that I had an arrest warrant that was pending and would be executed unless I worked with them to resolve the issue 6. They told me I was to stay on the phone with them the entire time and not disconnect the line 7. It seemed pretty convincing until Craig told me that I needed to put money on iTunes gift cards (which I somehow rationalized and purchased) 8. The jig was over when Craig told me to go to Best Buy and put the remaining $4,500 on three Best Buy gift cards. I knew I was getting hustled. Please read the article I linked up above, my experience was really similar to the author's, down to the phrasing of the quotes he included. If they're thirsty enough to not let you hang up and call them back, it's not the IRS. Don't be like me. Please share.

Phishing scam: IRS + robocall + backtaxes + arrest warrant Hi all: Wanted to post this here in hopes that it helps someone out. I fell victim to an (apparently common) phishing scam this past Friday. I found an [article on Medium.com](https://medium.com/@hemeon/how-i-almost-fell-for-a-irs-phishing-scam-71ed869555e1) that very closely describes my experience. I was able to figure out this was a scam about an hour into the whole thing, but not before I had given over $500 (which you can't get back from your credit card issuer because it technically isn't fraud, FYI). I feel really embarrassed about even getting that far, but whatever. tl;dr things to look out for: 1. The phone number that called me was 202-844-7621 2. I spoke with three individuals who each gave me first and last names (Carolyn Jordan, Craig Danell, Marshall Harrison), in addition to IRS ID numbers 3. They referenced my address and had the last four digits of my SSN 4. They told me that I was to speak to no one about this issue 5. They told me that I had an arrest warrant that was pending and would be executed unless I worked with them to resolve the issue 6. They told me I was to stay on the phone with them the entire time and not disconnect the line 7. It seemed pretty convincing until Craig told me that I needed to put money on iTunes gift cards (which I somehow rationalized and purchased) 8. The jig was over when Craig told me to go to Best Buy and put the remaining $4,500 on three Best Buy gift cards. I knew I was getting hustled. Please read the article I linked up above, my experience was really similar to the author's, down to the phrasing of the quotes he included. If they're thirsty enough to not let you hang up and call them back, it's not the IRS. Don't be like me. Please share.

Phishing scam: IRS + robocall + backtaxes + arrest warrant Hi all: Wanted to post this here in hopes that it helps someone out. I fell victim to an (apparently common) phishing scam this past Friday. I found an [article on Medium.com](https://medium.com/@hemeon/how-i-almost-fell-for-a-irs-phishing-scam-71ed869555e1) that very closely describes my experience. I was able to figure out this was a scam about an hour into the whole thing, but not before I had given over $500 (which you can't get back from your credit card issuer because it technically isn't fraud, FYI). I feel really embarrassed about even getting that far, but whatever. tl;dr things to look out for: 1. The phone number that called me was 202-844-7621 2. I spoke with three individuals who each gave me first and last names (Carolyn Jordan, Craig Danell, Marshall Harrison), in addition to IRS ID numbers 3. They referenced my address and had the last four digits of my SSN 4. They told me that I was to speak to no one about this issue 5. They told me that I had an arrest warrant that was pending and would be executed unless I worked with them to resolve the issue 6. They told me I was to stay on the phone with them the entire time and not disconnect the line 7. It seemed pretty convincing until Craig told me that I needed to put money on iTunes gift cards (which I somehow rationalized and purchased) 8. The jig was over when Craig told me to go to Best Buy and put the remaining $4,500 on three Best Buy gift cards. I knew I was getting hustled. Please read the article I linked up above, my experience was really similar to the author's, down to the phrasing of the quotes he included. If they're thirsty enough to not let you hang up and call them back, it's not the IRS. Don't be like me. Please share.

Phishing scam: IRS + robocall + backtaxes + arrest warrant Hi all: Wanted to post this here in hopes that it helps someone out. I fell victim to an (apparently common) phishing scam this past Friday. I found an [article on Medium.com](https://medium.com/@hemeon/how-i-almost-fell-for-a-irs-phishing-scam-71ed869555e1) that very closely describes my experience. I was able to figure out this was a scam about an hour into the whole thing, but not before I had given over $500 (which you can't get back from your credit card issuer because it technically isn't fraud, FYI). I feel really embarrassed about even getting that far, but whatever. tl;dr things to look out for: 1. The phone number that called me was 202-844-7621 2. I spoke with three individuals who each gave me first and last names (Carolyn Jordan, Craig Danell, Marshall Harrison), in addition to IRS ID numbers 3. They referenced my address and had the last four digits of my SSN 4. They told me that I was to speak to no one about this issue 5. They told me that I had an arrest warrant that was pending and would be executed unless I worked with them to resolve the issue 6. They told me I was to stay on the phone with them the entire time and not disconnect the line 7. It seemed pretty convincing until Craig told me that I needed to put money on iTunes gift cards (which I somehow rationalized and purchased) 8. The jig was over when Craig told me to go to Best Buy and put the remaining $4,500 on three Best Buy gift cards. I knew I was getting hustled. Please read the article I linked up above, my experience was really similar to the author's, down to the phrasing of the quotes he included. If they're thirsty enough to not let you hang up and call them back, it's not the IRS. Don't be like me. Please share.

Phishing scam: IRS + robocall + backtaxes + arrest warrant Hi all: Wanted to post this here in hopes that it helps someone out. I fell victim to an (apparently common) phishing scam this past Friday. I found an [article on Medium.com](https://medium.com/@hemeon/how-i-almost-fell-for-a-irs-phishing-scam-71ed869555e1) that very closely describes my experience. I was able to figure out this was a scam about an hour into the whole thing, but not before I had given over $500 (which you can't get back from your credit card issuer because it technically isn't fraud, FYI). I feel really embarrassed about even getting that far, but whatever. tl;dr things to look out for: 1. The phone number that called me was 202-844-7621 2. I spoke with three individuals who each gave me first and last names (Carolyn Jordan, Craig Danell, Marshall Harrison), in addition to IRS ID numbers 3. They referenced my address and had the last four digits of my SSN 4. They told me that I was to speak to no one about this issue 5. They told me that I had an arrest warrant that was pending and would be executed unless I worked with them to resolve the issue 6. They told me I was to stay on the phone with them the entire time and not disconnect the line 7. It seemed pretty convincing until Craig told me that I needed to put money on iTunes gift cards (which I somehow rationalized and purchased) 8. The jig was over when Craig told me to go to Best Buy and put the remaining $4,500 on three Best Buy gift cards. I knew I was getting hustled. Please read the article I linked up above, my experience was really similar to the author's, down to the phrasing of the quotes he included. If they're thirsty enough to not let you hang up and call them back, it's not the IRS. Don't be like me. Please share.