I've been warning you about the IRS phone impersonation scam since 2014, but crooks have amped it up in an alarming way.Last week, Jim Davis of Colorado Springs got a phone message, supposedly from an IRS agent, saying he owed back taxes and needed to pay immediately or be arrested.
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