Wisconsin Woman Scammed by Fake IRS Agent

A woman from Appleton, WI was taken for over $5,000 by a man in a uniform posing as a law enforcement agent, who threatened to arrest her if she didn’t pay what he claimed were back taxes.

Prior to the man showing up at her door, the victim received repeated phone calls from someone claiming they were from the IRS and that she owed them money.  When the fake agent knocked on the woman’s door, he produced paperwork that looked like a warrant for her arrest.

Fearing she would be taken to jail, she followed the man’s instructions and purchased and activated over $5,000 in iTunes gift cards and turned them over to the scammer.