BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — “They’re going to take my house away, you know. It’ll make me homeless,” Battle Creek resident Lesley Lux told me as he held a threatening letter from the Michigan Department of Labor, claiming he owed over $1,000 in taxes.
If he doesn’t pay? The letter said it would seize his bank account, property, assets, and more.
Since March alone, Lesley has received four of these letters, all with differing amounts owed, but nothing has happened.
Luckily, before handing over any money, Lesley checked in with his tax preparer, who conducted a thorough investigation and found that these letters were, in fact, a scam.
“They’re hoping that you’re scared,” Nakia Mills, with the Better Business Bureau of Michigan, said. “So they’re hoping you just hurry up and give them money, and you go away.”…