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Scammer pushes ‘IRS threat’ to whole new level

A homeowner fending of the common “IRS bill” scam has discovered that the fraudsters have acquired a willingness to take the fight to a whole, new, and potentially lethal, level. By “swatting” their intended victim. Swatting is when someone calls in false reports to police departments or others alleging there is violence happening, or looming, at…