Property Tax Reassessment Scam
April 24th, 2009 categories: California Property Taxes, Real Estate, Tax Incentives
Official looking tax documents
There is a company sending out official looking tax reassessment statements claiming they can help you get your property reassessed and thereby save you money on your property taxes all for the low cost of $179.00. The fake document contains all your tax information which is readily available via the county’s tax records. The simple truth is that you can contact your county tax assessor and ask for a reduction in your taxes for FREE and all it requires is that you submit comparable homes sold since Jan 1, 2009. As a realtor we provide this information when we do a market analysis prior to listing homes for sale. This window of opportunity extends until June 30, 2009 so you will need to have your request submitted by that date.
This company, Property Tax Reassessment, is located in Los Angeles and does not have a website available. From the moment I called them they discriminate between people who have sent their ”service fee” in and those who have not. I chose option two and was directed to an operator who was able to tell me I could direct questions to an email but there was not a website to get more information. According to Consumerist.com they have been mailing out these official looking documents across the state and the public is advised to contact their local attorney general and of course don’t send them any money!
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