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Phone calls

In this type of an attack, the callers claimed to be from the IRS. Their message was that they were giving a final notice about a payment that was due. They would issue threats of arrest if the amounts allegedly owed by the receiver were not paid. There are some callers who did not sound native; therefore, their cons were not so successful since they triggered suspicion. There were other callers who used recorded messages, but these also sounded unoriginal and therefore they would not always work. There were others, however, who were armed to the teeth with some factual information about their targets. It is said that these callers had purchased such kind of information from hackers that had compromised government and health databases. ...