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Scammers Spoofing FBI's Real Phone Number Target Public for Payments

Spoofing the FBI's real phone number on victims' caller ID, scammers posing as federal agents have been calling international students and others and demanding "immediate" payments for school loans, back taxes and parking tickets, the Philadelphia division said in a…

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news release. It said FBI offices in 12 states have received reports in which the scammer knows a victim's name, background and personal cellphone number. The bureau said it doesn't call or email people to demand money or threaten arrest.