I've been getting these weird phone calls. They're weird in two ways. First way is my phone never rings. I just find out I've had a phone call by looking at my "recents," then discovering I have a voicemail. I've gotten 5 of these calls so far in the last three or four weeks and the only time my phone ever rang, it was just a short blip, less than half a second.
Second way they are weird is the topic of the call. They say I can get up to $26,000 on payroll tax returns for employees I had on the payroll between 2020 and 2022. First of all, I never worked those years. I retired in 2019. Second of all, even when I worked, I never owned a business and never had to pay a payroll tax.
These voicemails all come from different phone numbers with different area codes and different voices. The first four times, it was a female voice and, I don't know, it could have been the same voice every time, I'm just not sure. This last time, it was a male voice. They all want me to call them back at a number they provide and I have no clue if it's the same number every time or not because I delete the voicemail as soon as I've listened to it.
If this is a scam, what's the end game? Are they just phishing, trying to get me to reveal some private information? Are they going to tell me that in order to claim the $26,000, I have to send them a finder's fee or processing fee? What does everyone think is going on here? Has anyone else received similar phone calls?
Second way they are weird is the topic of the call. They say I can get up to $26,000 on payroll tax returns for employees I had on the payroll between 2020 and 2022. First of all, I never worked those years. I retired in 2019. Second of all, even when I worked, I never owned a business and never had to pay a payroll tax.
These voicemails all come from different phone numbers with different area codes and different voices. The first four times, it was a female voice and, I don't know, it could have been the same voice every time, I'm just not sure. This last time, it was a male voice. They all want me to call them back at a number they provide and I have no clue if it's the same number every time or not because I delete the voicemail as soon as I've listened to it.
If this is a scam, what's the end game? Are they just phishing, trying to get me to reveal some private information? Are they going to tell me that in order to claim the $26,000, I have to send them a finder's fee or processing fee? What does everyone think is going on here? Has anyone else received similar phone calls?
