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open up open up who are we we're the IRS
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and you owe us money a lot of money in
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back taxes but uh maybe we could work
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out a deal like you could pay it off and
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let's say gift cards hold on that is a
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red flag and so is this this call is
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officially a final notice from IRS
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Internal Revenue Services the reason of
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this call is to inform you that RS is
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filing lawsuit against you wait a minute
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wait a minute it doesn't work that way
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the truth is the irs's first contact
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with you will always be a letter in the
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mail it's not a phone call email or text
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message when an IRS camera contact you
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they'll try and push you into making a
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quick decision they'll say that that you
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owe the money um and that it's urgent
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that you have to pay it or you will you
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know be fined more money or you know
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face charges or things of that nature
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and really try to scare you and then you
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give them all your personal information
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and financial information as quickly as
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possible to try to get it resolved
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another red flag they'll insist you pay
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with a prepaid debit card a wire
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transfer or a cashier check they're
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untraceable and non-reversible which is
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why scammers like to use those forms and
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get you to pay in those forms because
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once you realize it's a scam there's not
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really much you can do about it and then
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there are those Shady Fly by Night tax
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preparers who only pop up during tax
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season you get somebody who says I can
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do you a great deal I can get you I can
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get you an excellent refund should you
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trust somebody like that a tax preparer
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who's promising you any form of like
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great deal as far as your returns go is
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a red flag you definitely don't want to
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trust someone who's promising you
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anything as far as returns go because
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they don't know um and they cannot
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promise you any amount of money it's
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pretty easy to tell if your tax Pap is
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legit because they all have to be
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registered with the IR in fact the
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agency uses this web page to display
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their credentials as well as
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qualifications use this link to access
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that page working for you I'm the
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consumer guide Steve sprier