![]() The FBI strongly encourages anyone contacted by a caller who claims to work with the FBI to verify the information with the Dallas FBI Field Office at 97. Call recipients should hang up immediately and notify law enforcement. The public is reminded the FBI, the IRS, and other law enforcement and government officials do not call private citizens requesting money. The originating number used by the callers is masked as the phone number for the FBI’s local office in Wichita Falls, TX – 94. The caller often knows the name, background, and personal cell phone number of the intended victim. Callers with foreign accents identify themselves as FBI agents, IRS agents, or other government officials and request immediate payment of unpaid taxes, delinquent fees, or other debt to the government. Recently, the FBI has received reports of a wave of phone scam attempts targeting citizens in Texas. In some cases, university students are targeted and informed they owe delinquent student loan fees. The scammer impersonates a government official and uses intimidation tactics to demand payment of money supposedly owed to the government. DALLAS, TX-The FBI Dallas Division is warning the public to be on alert for a phone scam that displays an FBI phone number on the caller ID.
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