If you've got an IRS letter on your desk right now, you have a decision to make, and the clock matters. I'm Darrin Mish. I've spent 32 years helping people with exactly this kind of situation. Here's what you should do.
You would be forgiven to think that since tax day has come and gone, tax scams would also be a thing of the past (at least until next year). How wrong. As long as there is money to be made from gullible people, con artists will still be at it.
One of the latest scams to get you to part with your hard-earned money is calling you purporting to be from the IRS and telling you that there is a lawsuit against you for tax fraud. The caller would go on by saying unless you pay up, you will end up behind bars. So you are told to give your financial details such as your bank account number to make periodic payment to the IRS. So if you divulge your bank account details and/or Social Security number you will have fallen prey to the scam.
Another modus operandi is to call and inform you that you have unpaid tax debt or have not paid for something you ordered. Again, to avoid being arrested, you are supposed to make a payment plan by disclosing your bank account details.
Don’t think you will never be targeted by these scams. Often these fraudsters are very sophisticated in their ways.
Want to know how to avoid getting scammed post-April 15? Read here.