Question

Government impersonation scams involve ________. running auctions that do not exist convincing people to send money as a "good faith" gesture people pretending to represent official organizations such as the dept. of homeland security or irs collecting funds and not delivering the goods

Answer 1

Government impersonation scams involve people pretending to represent official organizations such as the dept. of homeland security or IRS.

Answer 2

The correct answer is people pretending to represent official organizations such as the dept. of homeland security or irs

In government impersonation scams, people often try to mask themselves and impersonate cops or similar figures of authority and try to scam you into giving them something. For example, a fraud might impersonate a cop and conduct a search of your private possessions while pick-pocketing you or taking your money and wallet and similar things.