Ron Wyden actually said...

It seems to me--and you mentioned it in your testimony--it is clear that the phone scams, a lot of them, are originating overseas.

Without compromising the investigation, can you tell us a little bit--you said there were some problems in working with the foreign governme...

The one that's hitting my home state of Oregon hardest is the fake phone call demanding money or personal information on behalf of the IRS.

What is new is, the rip-off artists are now stealing Americans' identities and personally threatening them on an industrial scale.