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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said his office is renewing pushes to crack down on scam calls.

Michael Marrs of Mocksville, North Carolina, said he recently fell victim to a scam call.

"They said it was the social security administration," Marrs recalled. "They were telling me that I had to have that money for a federal bond to keep from having officers come out and arrest me."

He said he initially assumed it was fake, but his confidence wavered when a spoofed number called to back up the scammer's story.

"He said I’m gonna have an officer from there call you to tell you that this is legit and five minutes later, it showed up on my caller ID: Mocksville police department.”

It wasn’t really Mocksville Police. The number was spoofed. But it was enough to convince Marrs.

He followed the scammer’s instructions, buying fourteen $500 dollar gift cards at two local Walmarts.

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