Recovering from Authority Impersonation Scams

The phone rings, and caller ID says it's the IRS. They threaten immediate arrest if you don't pay a fine using gift cards or Bitcoin...\n\n## The Reality\nGovernment agencies do not demand payment in gift cards or cryptocurrency...\n\n## Tracing the Untraceable\nWhile gift cards are hard to trace, crypto payments leave a permanent ledger. Citadel's intelligence team specializes in tracking these networks.