Inside the IRS Phone Scam Bust

Published: Sept. 28, 2018, 4:01 a.m.

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Every year thousands of\\xa0Americans\\xa0get fraudulent calls from\\xa0con artists\\xa0claiming to be from the IRS. Working from call centers around the world, these fraudsters pressure targets with threats of jail, liens and garnished wages to scam them out of money. We uncover how these call centers work and speak to a 19-year-old who helped the FTC shut\\xa0down\\xa0one of the largest.

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