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		alok-g on April 5, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If a Caller Says, 'I Am with the IRS,' He's Not >> Koskinen said. "Our way of contacting you is by letter." Scammers cannot contact by letter purportedly?!

mpyne on April 5, 2015 [–]

I'm assuming the difficulty of finding a decades-old IBM Selectric to get the authentic "government form letter" feel is what keeps the scammers out here.

rchowe on April 5, 2015 | [–]

I would also assume that mail fraud is easier to investigate than telephone fraud.

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