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Feds call $1M IRS scam largest ever

If you think online and telephone scammers just couldn't fool more people -- think again. The Treasury Inspector General for Taxpayer Administration this week issued a warning to taxpayers to beware of phone calls from individuals claiming to represent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in an effort to defraud them.

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