IRS scam takes a new, dangerous twist

Colorado Springs — A Colorado family received the typical IRS scam call. This time the frustrated scammer called 911 on the victim and had the police sent to the family's home.

According to

, the scammer told the victim he was an IRS agent named David Brown.He tried to bully the victim, James Davis, into paying $96,000 in back taxes he didn't owe. But what he didn't know was that the scammer called 911 saying Davis was harming people and wanted to kill cops.

Police swarmed Davis' home on Windy Oaks Road, near Northgate and Highway 83 on the north side of Colorado Springs. Davis said later there were 12 police cars surrounding his house-with his 20-year-old daughter Amber now the only one at home.

"The house phone was ringing like 50 times, so I really didn't know what was going on, and so I finally answered thinking that it was my dad trying to get ahold of me, and this guy answered in a really weird accent and he said that my dad was under arrest," Amber Davis said, recalling the minutes before police arrived.

When actual officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department called the house to say they had the home surrounded, she didn't know if it was really them, or the scammer.

When Amber looked outside, she was terrified.

"I didn't know they were here. I heard, like, noises outside, and when I finally got a call from a police officer, he told me that he was, like, outside...there was [sic] cops swarming and I went outside, and it was terrifying because there was, like, guys with shields and guns," Amber recalled.

Nearby Discovery Canyon School was placed on lockout status.

The FBI and Colorado Springs Police are investigating the case. Bottom line, hang up on anyone who says they are from the IRS. The Feds will not call you, period. Scammers use can manipulate caller ID too. Just hang up. You can also contact the FBI and your local police department to report the call.

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