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Don't fall for this IRS scam

By Emily Akin, FOX 26 News
Published July 18, 2016
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HOUSTON (FOX 26) - A Fox 26  viewer talks about a $200 mistake he made. 

This scam involves IRS imposters calling people threatening to arrest them if they don't  pay back taxes. 

The form of payment? iTunes cards.

 

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