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Ft. Walton Beach Woman Loses $5000 to IRS Scam

Matt Boster

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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: May 19 2016 9:58 AM

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May 18, 2016
IRS SCAMMERS BILK FORT WALTON BEACH RESIDENT OUT OF
MORE THAN $5000



A Fort Walton Beach woman is the latest victim of con artists who pretend to represent the IRS. The 66-year old got a phone call May 16th from someone with a heavy Hispanic or Indian accent, claiming to be from the IRS, and stating she owed the agency $5233 in back taxes. The woman says he used bullying and intimidation tactics and said if she did not cooperate, she could face arrest or a civil law suit.


He gave her instructions to go to a store and pick up gift cards that allowed a loadable
dollar amount of up to $500 and put that amount on ten separate cards as well as $233 on the last one. The woman did as told and called back the subject, providing him the serial numbers for the cards.


The scammer also then asked for additional financial information. He told the woman to withdraw money from her bank account, close the account and then get a cashier’s check to deposit the money into a new account. She followed those instructions, however before calling him back, she mentioned what she was doing to a neighbor, who let her know it was a scam.


They contacted the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Ironically the OCSO had just put out warnings via agency Facebook and Twitter accounts earlier this week in reference to these ongoing scam attempts in the local area – and had sent out a media advisory requesting local media to please consider doing additional stories in reference to these attempts.



Please help us spread the word since awareness and prevention are our biggest allies in preventing  local residents from being victimized.


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