Katie Nelson

kenelson@argusleader.com

A Sioux Falls man sent nearly $20,000 in iTunes gift cards to scammers posing as the Internal Revenue Service.

The man received a phone call last Friday from someone telling him they were from the IRS and that he owed money, police spokesman Sam Clemens said.

The scammer told the 65-year-old man that he needed to go to the IRS' New York office with his lawyer to settle the issue, Clemens said. The scammer then told the man he needed to pay $19,500 in iTunes cards to the IRS.

The man sent the card numbers to the scammer and will likely not get a penny of the money back, Clemens said.

Clemens reminded citizens that the IRS never calls, but always sends letters, and that it will not request payment in iTunes gift cards.

Just a few days earlier, another Sioux Falls man lost $8,000 in another fake IRS scam.

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