Aug. 10, 2017
Contact: Danelle Gittus or Ron Leix, (517) 335-2167
State Treasury Department Works with Individuals
to Resolve Debts
LANSING, Mich. – The
Michigan Department of Treasury is asking residents to be alert for a new scam that
implies the federal government will pay their outstanding state tax debts or
other state debts.
Within the last month,
the state Treasury Department has noticed an increase in cases where
individuals are attempting to pay their outstanding state debts with routing
numbers from two U.S. Department of Treasury Bureaus – the Financial Management
Service (FMS) and the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD). Individuals are using these
federal routing numbers with their Social Security Number as the checking
account number and listing the bank as either the FMS or the BPD.
As a part of this
scam, the U.S. Department of Treasury warns that groups are holding seminars throughout
the United States that fraudulently teach attendees to use these federal
routing numbers to resolve their outstanding government debts.
“Please do not fall
for this scam,” said Deputy Treasurer Ann Good, head of Treasury’s Financial
and Administrative Services Group. “Individuals who try to pay their state
debts in this way will have their payment rejected. Treasury will work with you
to resolve your outstanding debts.”
Individuals who think
they may have an outstanding state tax debt or other state debt are encouraged
to call state Treasury Department’s Office of Collections at 517-636-5265.
For more information
about state tax debt or other state debt collections, go to www.michigan.gov/treasury.
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