UBER DRIVER SAVES PASSENGER FROM IRS SCAM

hey guys i just want to add some context before we go into this so basically i get a request i go to the pickup area i wait for a bit and the dude gets in so i typically ask people how they're doing you know i'm a good i'm a good driver i'm a good uber and lyft driver so he he responds with uh i'm not good so i get concerned i ask him you know how come he starts going on about how he owes the irs money and they're going to audit him if he doesn't pay they're going to arrest him they're going to freeze his accounts and i'm thinking that's some serious stuff you know um so curious i asked him how much he owes he says he owes 6 800 you know it's a decent amount i tell them but it's it's just strange to me that they would they would do all this for for such a small amount you know there's bigger fish to fry out there so i wonder how he he messes up his taxes so badly so i ask him you know what is it that he does and he goes on to say how he's a server and how he must have not filed all his tips and it was it was interesting to me because you know his tips is in cash and how would how would the the irs necessarily know the exact amount that he's making and how he didn't uh file them all you know so that was a red flag for me so he goes on to say how you know somehow they figured it out and now i owe 6 800 um eventually he points out how he's been you guys going to see in a second how he's been in a in a call with the irs for two hours and he cannot hang up or something bad's going to happen or he's going to be arrested or something yeah eleven hundred south now right okay perfect i'll uh oh and they have you on hold and stuff like that i cannot hang up the call or they will surf what i literally cannot hang up they said we're resolving this and then of course we're resolving this like i'm sorry oh sure um how do you do that is that it is he indian no yeah um yes i'm on i'm on low power mode right now so we've got you know how do you know it's not a scam dude hold on they're they're asking you not to hang up it's a scam why wouldn't you be able to hang up the phone i already gave him three thousand dollars you're with me dude dude i i gave him three thousand bucks already i can't hang up the phone i don't know dude is this a scam or not oh my god so did you do what number is this oh my god i just hung up oh my god i just hung up the phone holy [ __ ] okay okay oh my god dude okay did you did you check if this is a legitimate number from the irs did you check this stuff did you go on their website did you tell them to send you an official email or anything like that did you get any emails or anything like that or was it just all over the phone it was all over the phone it's a [ __ ] scam my dude you got scammed man um i just gave him three thousand five dollars all right i need to drive me home he needs some milk hold on hold on let's calm down let's calm down oh my god let's let's you have the phone number try calling it back right now i'll try calling it back hold on hold on i'm i i'm sorry man i'm i'm really sorry to be freaking out on you no no all is well man how did you send the money i said the money how through a a like a wallet like a private one a barcode that they gave me they said they wouldn't be able to take bank information over the phone you you you realize if you were gonna pay the irs you can only pay through check right you realize that right how do i how do i how do i back out on this so how did you send it how did you send it cash dude i put cash into a machine into a machine into a [ __ ] bitcoin machine and you're paying through bitcoin my dude iris doesn't take bitcoin is somebody calling you yes it's probably him holy [ __ ] hello no i did not disconnect the call intention i'm sorry i need i need to speak with my lawyer okay dude go to the police department right now okay i would like to okay if you receive an irs tax bill or notice in the mail that's the last thing you need uh give me a moment he's asking me he's saying you can transfer the funds back but he's asking me to give him this bike for you to give him like a routing number i'm sorry could you could you give me the um for employer identification number information press or day one to request forms or publications be mailed okay yes okay you must make a select we are unable to process your response please try your call again later or visit us on the web at www thank you for calling the internal revenue goodbye i'm trying to get your reasons so so why why are you scamming my friend right now yo why are you scamming my friend right now can you please give him back his money where where where are you right now you're in india right now right you can't even say it right you're not from there yo yo give back the money do you understand we're not giving we're not giving any information we're not giving any information you give me information to get the money no you you give me information that's what i'm trying to do i'm trying to give it information um no no no i'm not putting in any information you want my social security you want my internet password are you crazy give me back my money that's not a government website man i'm on the irs website right now dude what are you talking about you can't even speak proper english can you give me somebody who can speak proper god english you're right i'm a [ __ ] idiot you can't i gave it you're a senior officer for what i'm the senior officer over here you're making a horrible horrible accent can you speak without the accent please my name is department officer officer i'm not trying to speak to a cop i'm not trying to speak to a cop what are you yo could you please give my man his money back please first of all who you are man who you are that you're you're the one who took my money you're the one you're the one right now i can clearly hear your indian accent you're gonna shoot me what i am transfer the call to the police officer i will fix all that information to that officer and the officer will take you to the custody at the same moment so don't hang up the line go to the nearest poll station wait go to the nearest so i can get so i can get arrested yo give me back my money please yo this is this is not a yo just so you're aware just so you're aware oh just so you're aware this conversation is being recorded right just so you're aware you realize i'm taking this to court right yo don't do you hear his accent all right i don't know exactly i don't know exactly what it is to do but let me tell you something how did you give the money you gave them in cash you're never getting it back i'm telling you right now you see where these guys are these guys are in india right now there is just so much more footage to show what you guys saw was just a sample of the chaos the whole thing took like 45 minutes um so that's that's all i'm going to show but before i go i just want to clarify on something i i did not intend um to offend or to generalize that the indian people are notorious for scamming or anything like that because i realize that i mentioned the indian accent a number of times it's just in in the cases that i'm aware of or familiar with have mostly been with indian accents i can i can assure everyone that i did not i did not have any you know ill intent i was just calculating everything up and it did seem in the video that i was um as if to conclude that since it was an indian accent that as a result it is a scam no i was i was calculating everything and then it all made sense and as you can see from the video that proved it um there was so many red flags for this guy and unfortunately he fell for it there seemed to be a sense of ignorance to this guy but i also i also saw innocence he he felt really guilty it seemed for the tips that he did not claim which which brought him to believe the things that they were telling him he also mentioned to me many things like how they told him not to tell anybody and if he did he would he would get arrested and stuff like that and you know and these guys these guys when they call you they know you they know your they know basic information about you and in in most cases they know that you owe the irs something so you basically fall for it so again i'm not suggesting anybody who calls you with an indian accent is trying to scam you just i'm just trying to spread some awareness guys regardless of any accent pay attention to detail you know for instance irs iris does not call you they send you an official letter in the mail just stay vigilant people thank you very much uh please leave a subscribe like the video share the video spread the awareness thanks guys bye i almost forgot to mention that ride was taking him to another bitcoin machine so he would send another three thousand dollars so the reason for this is apparently the bitcoin machine only allows three thousand dollars um per transaction or per day i'm not sure what it was so that's why he was moving on to another location and fortunately i caught him and you know it's just crazy

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Id: Uz50_cntFiU

Length: 17min 10sec (1030 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 27 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/sylbug]

If someone claims you owe them money (government, utility, doesn't matter) always be sure to pay through official channels. Mail a cheque, to the address on their website, go to their office, or pay the same way that you pay a normal bill. Never pay through gift cards, direct transfers (email transfers etc), money orders or Bitcoin machines because if you do the money is non-recoverable.

If someone says you owe them money but you've never done business with them, ask them to send you a bill or demand letter through postal mail. Don't send money unless you confirm it's legitimate (that will almost never happen).

If someone asks for a refund of some kind, only send it through the same means as the original transaction. If you did a debit or credit card transaction, reverse back to the card. Direct bill payment or they ask for money back from a cheque? Have them reverse the cheque from their end. This way, you won't find out after you've sent the money back that the original payment was no good.

Sent you more money than agreed on? Tell them to send a new cheque in the correct amount. Probably a scam.

They want to you to pay someone else with the overpayment? Scam.

Won a lottery or got an inheritance, but need to pay fees first? Scam.

Someone contacted you out of the blue to fix your computer? Scam.

You got a secret shopper job and they want you to transfer money away? Scam.

Basically, be on your guard if the other party makes first contact, and assume it's a scam (until proven otherwise) if you are asked to pay or send money to other people. The amount of money people lose on these scams is just obscene.

[u/[deleted]]

I feel bad for the dude, but I lost it when he said that he paid them in Bitcoin.