Frank, I know you'll want to lend me the down payment money for my new house. After all, you wouldn't want the IRS to find out that you failed to report a hundred thousand dollars of income on your last tax return.
A) Missing the point.
B) Appeal to force.
C) Appeal to pity.
D) No fallacy.
E) Argument against the person, circumstantial.

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This is an appeal to force or coercion, as the speaker is using the threat of exposing Frank's tax evasion to pressure him into lending money.

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