Property Tax Letter is a Scam!

A few days ago I got a letter in the mail that was labeled as “Property Tax Information Enclosed.” When I first pulled it out of my mail box I thought it was the annual valuation letter that the county sends out to property owners. It looked official and was from the “Property Tax Review Board.”

But before I was even back inside my house from the walk to my mailbox I saw the first tell-tale sign that this was a scam. In fine print by the return address it stated that this was not from the county tax assessor’s office. When I got inside I opened up the letter and gave it a quick read.

It said that I was paying too much in Chandler Arizona real estate taxes. Well I’m not going to disagree with that, but that isn’t a soap box that I’m going to climb up on in this forum. Anyway, this company claimed that if I were to hurry (good scams always create a sense of urgency) and beat the assessor’s deadline, this company could reduce my annual property taxes by a significant amount. They went as far as to put a specific dollar amount that I could expect the reduction to be. All I had to do was send them a check.

Whoa… So I was supposed to write them a check, and then they would do their magical mojo dance and my property taxes would go down? Yea, I don’t think so. It just reeked of scam! And now the Attorney General, Terry Goddard has hopped on this by filing a law suit against this company can not do anything to lower your property taxes.