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The IRS will never call. They will send you a letter via certified mail. Any story that begins with "someone called claiming to be the IRS" can be cut off at
by paulmd 8y ago
The IRS will never call. They will send you a letter via certified mail.
Any story that begins with "someone called claiming to be the IRS" can be cut off at that point and conclusively determined to be a scam.
- mistersquid 8y agoThe IRS will send a letter, but it may arrive by regular USPS, not certified mail. I know this because regular USPS is how the IRS contacted me and my SO regarding filing errors. EDIT: typo
- ams6110 8y agoYeah a normal notice of error from the IRS is not certified mail. But it will be a letter, not a phone call. Do keep forever copies of all correspondence with them, including (especially) documentation that the issue was resolved.
- dboreham 8y agoInteresting story : The FBI wanted to contact me a few years ago. They called and left voice mail that I determined was 100% likely to be a scam. So I ignored the call (and a second one that confirmed my suspicions since the caller claimed to be from a different FBI office than the first). A few weeks later two Agent Mulder type dudes showed up in my front yard... Edit : yes we had a long discussion about how the FBI could make cold phone calls that didn't sound like a scammer.
- TheCoelacanth 8y agoCollection agencies contracted by the IRS actually can call people now, thanks to the FAST Act passed at the end of 2015.