The Colorado Department of Revenue (CDOR) is alerting taxpayers of a possible telephone scam from a party fraudulently representing themselves as the Colorado Department of Revenue. The caller may identify themselves as the "State Tax Investigation Department." They will state that you may have a legal
case filed against your name and Social Security number, have violated banking regulations, or have cheated on tax credits. They will ask you to wire them a large sum of money, usually through a convenience store debit/credit card, and will require you not to tell anyone or take the matter to court. This is NOT a call from the Colorado Department of Revenue.
CDOR does not contact taxpayers over the telephone and request credit card numbers through a pre-paid debit/credit card to pay an outstanding tax balance. When a taxpayer owes state taxes, the Department will send a written notification through a series of letters mailed to the taxpayer's address. When the taxpayer does not respond, the Tax Auditing and Compliance Division will attempt to collect the outstanding debt.
In addition to phone calls, be watchful for email scams. Emails from the Colorado Department of Revenue never have personally identifiable or financial information in the messages. CDOR does not send general tax information by email. More
information at tax.colorado.gov.
