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Originally Posted by E Sully
My 81 year old mother called me last year. She told me that the IRS was on the other line and she was delinquent on her tax payment. They were going to put a lien on her place if she did not make the payment. I told her not to give them any money, it sounded like a scam. Called our accountant right away to check it out.
Turns out it was legit. The accountant found she had received letters earlier in the year, but she had not responded to them.
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This is a great example of being cautious
and following through. We all know the IRS does not initially contact people by phone, but often does so after notifications by mail have been sent. In this case, E Sully was very wise to follow up with his mother's accountant to verify the call as many of us might have just blown off the call as a scam on an elderly woman. Perhaps he asked her a few pertinent questions about the call which caused him to get verification with the accountant. Regardless, his heads-up saved his mother further grief with the IRS.