IRS Warns Against Phony Debt Collectors
12:01pm Aug 23rd 2006
by Guardian Unlimited
WASHINGTON (AP) - The IRS warned taxpayers Wednesday not to be duped by scammers posing as private debt collectors the agency has hired to chase unpaid tax debts.
The Internal Revenue Service designed the debt collection program to minimize that risk ``because we know what it's like out there with regard to identity theft nowadays,'' said Brady Bennett, IRS director of collection.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The IRS warned taxpayers Wednesday not to be duped by scammers posing as private debt collectors the agency has hired to chase unpaid tax debts.
The Internal Revenue Service designed the debt collection program to minimize that risk ``because we know what it's like out there with regard to identity theft nowadays,'' said Brady Bennett, IRS director of collection.
