My phone is always on silent mode. I miss the call screen feature on pixel phones after moving to iPhone, but that's another topic entirely.

I actually got sick of it and pressed the button to speak to an "agent".

I ended up making him cry.

Everyone who gets Robocalls regularly should give Robocaller app a try. It helped me out. I dont even get the IRS is suing me calls anymore.

Yes, the IRS will never contact you by phone....especially over a legal matter like that. If they have any official business with you, they will usually send a letter by Certified Mail. It's a safe bet that any phone call by the so-called IRS is a scam.

BTW, that woman's voice in the "IRS" calls is the same female voice that is also used in a number of scam-calls also involving fake credit card charges. I recognize it from a bunch of different robocalls. She must be raking in a fortune selling her voice to a bunch of different scammers....or they may be scamming HER without her permission LOL.

You realize that voice is a computer, right? Doesn’t even sound as good as Siri.

scammers sometimes intentionally make these letters, calls, emails look/sound illegitimate—it helps weed out those who are unlikely to fall for it. They know they have a sucker on the line.

I have a cheap answering machine on my land line...while audible, sometimes it's not easy to tell real human voices from computers. My I-Phone-7, while adequate, is also not the world's best for speaker-quality.

In most cases, nobody has to end up being a sucker if they just remember one simple rule...never give out SSNs, account-numbers, credit card numbers, or any other personal information to anyone you don't recognize or who you do not trust.

Getting a little off-topic, BTW.......extended-auto-warranty scams.

Yes but not everyone is as well educated about these scams. That’s why they work. They send out 1000s of letters like the one you got, and make 10s of 1000s of VOIP phone calls for vert little cost, just to dupe a few people. And it’s still lucrative.