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IRS Phone Scam Reminder

The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office continues to receive a high volume of calls related to the IRS Phone Scam. Since the scam began, the Consumer Protection Division has logged thousands of complaints from consumers who have been contacted by a person perpetrating this scam.
A caller will pretend to work for the Internal Revenue Service and threaten the victim with arrest or some other kind of punishment if he or she doesn’t pay a…