one was joshua muns. the lawsuit accuses the state department of blocking attempts by the family of negotiating release. >> the family printed 90,000 flyers and u.s. state department blocked distribution of the flyers the >> suit intends to change laws that gives private contractors immunity from iraqi laws >> police telling abc7 news that a man has been conned by a telephone thief using the irs scheme. >> a nasty scheme. >> this first popped up today and has really taken off. we're finding bad guys are getting good at their job. >> when i told but this scam, a conman had heavy accents. >> there is another one. they have become slicker and connections better. >> hillary newman received this call, receiving two calls in fact. >> my thought is someone, it had me upset a little bit to start with. my thought was someone has stolen my identity i know we don't owe taxes or any money. so i thought there was trouble. >> she went online to check out the call. . >> i put in the phone number. sometimes, you can do t