A Sioux Falls resident was scammed out of $2,000. The suspect on the phone claimed that jury duty had been missed and fines needed to be paid to avoid arrest.
An unnamed woman from an unnamed small town somewhere near Lennox got a call from someone who said she needed to go buy some prepaid gift cards to pay off a warrant.
As companies start sending out their W-2 forms, the IRS is reminding employers to be careful about a phishing scam that targets people who work on payroll.