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Indian Police Arrest 70 for Targeting Americans in Tax Scam

Source: The scamming arena had quieted down for a while, but here's a great piece of news: abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/indian-police-arrest-70-targeting-americans-tax-scam-42608520 - Oct 6, 2016

Indian police have arrested 70 people and are questioning hundreds more after uncovering a massive scam to cheat thousands of Americans out of millions of dollars by posing as U.S. tax authorities and demanding unpaid taxes, a police officer said Thursday.

According to police in Mumbai, the yearlong scam involved running fake call centers which sent voice mail messages telling U.S. nationals to call back because they owed back taxes.

Those who called back and believed the threats would fork out thousands of dollars to "settle" their case, Mumbai police officer Parag Marere said Thursday.

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