Taxpayers should beware of property lien scam.
Here are some details about the property lien scam that will help taxpayers recognize it:
- This Scheme involves a letter threatening a Distraint Warrant.
- The scammer mails the letter to a taxpayer
- The lien or levy is based on bogus overdue taxes owed to the State of New Mexico
- This non-existent agency has a legitimate-sounding name like “Tax Processing Unit, Lincoln County Public Judgment Records”.
- This scam may also reference “garnishment of wages and bank accounts, property seizures, federal tax refund offset, and creation of a property tax lien.