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Anyone else going to jail?

117 replies

NeversmileataCrocodile · 06/10/2022 11:24

Never usually answer a call from an unknown number but I just did: it was a recorded message with lots of terms you never want to hear, HMRC, jail term, prosecution, I did panic a bit and pressed one to hear more, better make sure I suppose. A nice lady from "Her Majesty's Revenue and Custom' asked for my full name so she could check my file, I said she should know it since they called me, the line went dead. I'm not going to jail am I? Anyone else?

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Ryder68 · 06/10/2022 20:38

NeversmileataCrocodile · 06/10/2022 19:55

My husband not husbandS - I swear guv'nor!

You are going to be arrested for bigamy unless you pay the fine of a gazillionty pounds. I am the Official and Certified Bigamy Fine Collector. Immediate payment ensures your freedom to bigamise any future husbands.

2020nymph · 06/10/2022 20:44

Newnewername · 06/10/2022 12:19

I kept one of those you've had an accident calls going for 30mins (fake name and details). I told them my car had been hit by a big lizard that had escaped from the zoo and had she seen the headlines? I think I pushed it a bit far when I asked if my premiums would go because last month I'd visited Jurrasic Island because my son worked for NASA and had exclusive access but that a dinosaur had trodden on the bonnet and it had only just been repaired. Even then it took her 5 mins to hang up.

Legend!!

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 06/10/2022 20:45

Fortunately I have a 'Get out of Jail Free' card plus it's my birthday and so everyone must pay me £10.
Oh joy!!!!

GaslitlikeaVictorianparlour · 06/10/2022 20:48

I had one of those calls. I thanked the caller for the heads up and said I was just going to leg it before the police got here. I said I was going to drop out of society and live as a soldier of fortune, the man told me to fuck off 🤣

orbitalcrisis · 06/10/2022 20:49

I'm under investigation by HMRC for tax fraud AND the French Gendarmes for voyeurism and child pornography! Luckily both will let me off if I pay a fine and even better, as I don't have enough they'll let me pay in instalments!

LondonQueen · 06/10/2022 20:52

I am! Maybe we can be cell mates? These calls drive me up the wall, I've had two this week.

BusySittingDown · 06/10/2022 20:54

Oh yes, the HMRC are always calling me from a mobile number (as they do) I'm a very wanted woman.

BusySittingDown · 06/10/2022 20:54

Now which one of you is going to be my Prison Bitch?

NeversmileataCrocodile · 06/10/2022 20:56

@Ryder68 Fair enough I know I can't hide from the law no more.

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Whatevergetsyouthroughthenight · 06/10/2022 21:03

Yes! The HMRC rung me with a recorded message a couple of days ago, something about a warrant for my arrest having been issued for unpaid tax. Please send cake with file baked inside, sounds like I am going to need it soon.

CantStandMeow · 06/10/2022 21:04

Allegedly, I've been videoed whilst watching porn on my (work) laptop, if I don't pay the footage will be sent to everyone in my email address book. The horror!
I told them whatever floats their boat and to crack on. They hung up.

CrapBag39 · 06/10/2022 21:09

I told them to come and get me, sounded like a nice break from work and family life. They hung up.

NeversmileataCrocodile · 06/10/2022 21:16

Life really is a roller coaster. This morning I was going to jail and now I'm snorting with laughter.
Thank you everyone!

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UnderCoverFieldAgent · 06/10/2022 21:18

Haha, I get that one regularly. See you there, maybe we’ll be sharing a cell. I wonder if it’ll be more like Bad Girls or Orange is the New Black 😆

plominoagain · 06/10/2022 21:19

I've been threatened with arrest warrants like this at least 3 times !! I did tell them that in these straightened times , they could just save their fuel and arrest me when I got to work .... at the police station .

It's odd , they don't stay on the line after that .

JudgeJ · 06/10/2022 21:20

There's a scam text message doing the rounds from GOVUK about the energy payment. I tend to work on the principle that it's always a scam when I get something unexpected though it did once nearly cost me a freebie weekend in Berlin!

MayISuggestSomeThickCutSteakChipsToGoWithThat · 06/10/2022 21:24

Yep about 10 times over!

PhotoDad · 06/10/2022 21:27

I once asked a scam caller if he could ring me back on my work number. He agreed.

I gave him the number of the ActionFraud hotline...!

NeversmileataCrocodile · 06/10/2022 21:28

@UnderCoverFieldAgent If I go down I quite fancy a tear tattoo, so you might want to steer clear of me?

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Pixiedust1234 · 06/10/2022 21:29

I frequently get the roof insulation one, stating that according to the national database my insulation isn't deep enough. I'm amazed its even listed on it since we did it ourselves 🙄

Just a warning though. At one point pressing a button to be passed over to a human being could put you on a premium rate. Check your phone bill, especially if you are PAYG.

yougotthelook · 06/10/2022 21:30

NeversmileataCrocodile · 06/10/2022 21:16

Life really is a roller coaster. This morning I was going to jail and now I'm snorting with laughter.
Thank you everyone!

Oh I love those calls.
I say hello, put the speaker on,then put the phone down gently and carry on with what I was doing.
The ever increasing "hello? Hello? HELLO??s" always make me smile 😂

Echobelly · 06/10/2022 21:32

I think I've had some emails saying I'm going to jail. They haven't come for me yet.

There's a wonderful video somewhere on line of a deputy sheriff in the US taking one of these calls and she just about manages to keep a straight face.

Apocalyptichorsewoman · 06/10/2022 21:33

I'm always on the verge of imminent arrest 🤣 wish they'd hurry up - I could do with a good kip. Bagsie working in the prison gym!

OoooohMatron · 06/10/2022 21:33

Yes and my 12 year old daughter for not paying her income tax apparently.

NeversmileataCrocodile · 06/10/2022 21:39

@Pixiedust1234 nothing so far online but yes I expect that will cost me something 🙁

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