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- From: musick@hera.Berkeley.EDU (Ron Musick)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Strange call from "Franchise Tax Board"
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 06:56:31 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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- My husband & I recently got a strange message on our
- answering machine from someone allegedly from the
- "Franchise Tax Board". She said something like "This call
- is for Ron and Emy Musick. We are trying to locate a
- neighbor of yours, a Mr. xxx (forgot). Please call us
- back @ (916)xxx-xxxx"
-
- The Franchise Tax Board (I think) processes the state
- income tax forms & stuff. Now, supposing that this
- woman is really from the Tax Board, one would assume
- she plucked our names from our state tax forms, right?
- Well, my husband's formal name is Charles R. Musick, Jr.,
- and that's how it's listed on our tax forms. The way
- the lady addressed us makes me think she picked our names
- out of the phone book (that's how we're listed in the phone
- book, because Ron is his nickname). There's no way she
- could have deduced that the middle initial "R" meant Ron.
-
- Also, why didn't the lady just call the apt. manager. I'm
- sure they'd know a lot more about a tenant of theirs than
- some "neighbor" (neither of us recognized the name of the
- alledged neighbor). FYI, we live in a large apt. complex.
-
- In addition, (916) is a long distance number. Why would
- I pay long distance rates to help them locate someone I had
- no clue about? I think 916 IS the area code of Sacramento,
- though, where the Franchise Board is located. But that doesn't
- really mean much.
-
- My question is: has anyone else ever gotten a weird call like
- this? I'll probably call just too see what this is all about,
- but unfortunately, I think the message got overwritten by other
- messages on the answering machine. I REALLY hope this isn't
- some new telemarketing gimmick relating to helping you fill out
- your taxes for a fee or investigating if you qualify for "unclaimed
- taxes" for a fee. I'd be most upset if I pay long distance
- charges to hear a telemarketing spiel. 8-(.
-
- Emy Musick
- musick@hera.berkeley.edu
-