IRS Scammer Calls Tax Professional: Hear The Call

new at six we've warned you about the IRS scam call and this month several of you have told us bogus agents are still calling trying to trick people into thinking they owe taxes but listen to this one of them even reached a tax professional and not the smartest move dianely is showing us how he turned the tables on the scammer check this out in a 7 on your side consumer watch just last week we got two more emails from viewers saying they got a call claiming the IRS was filing a lawsuit against them I am worried because these people have my address 1 right that's exactly how Dan Thomas's wife felt when she got the call she looks like she's seen a ghost but the scammers picked the wrong household Thomas is a tax professional an IRS enrolled agent she has been she says there's this number and the IRS is suing us she says cameras rolling he called back yes I've gotten a message from this number saying the IRS was trying to sue me the scammer asked for his number and full name but answered little except how much is it how do I pay that if I can't pay it all today what happens it was time to tell the scammer he'd been had by a tax expert you're about to be reported to the IRS we can't say this enough the IRS will not call you unless you've reached out to the agency first and under no circumstance will it sue you they have their own collection methods but they're not going to take you to court and since it takes so long to get answers from the real IRS Thomas wants to remind people to not give in to fear tactics in Spartanburg Diane Lee 7 on your side so if you get a phony call or email you can report that to fishing at IRS store we have all the information the email the IRS fraud phone number on WSPA dot-com [Music]

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Length: 2min 18sec (138 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 15 2015