Tax Club Scams Elderly Woman For Her Life Savings 

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I am a certified enrolled agent with over 25 years of experience in tax preparation and taxpayer representation. I recently prepared the tax returns of an 87-year-old woman who has been scammed out of over $57,000, over 2010 and 2011. The woman, who lives in senior housing across from my office in upstate NY, lives on social security and a small pension, and lost virtually her entire life savings to this major con. She apparently enrolled in The Tax Club, not knowing what she was getting into and only looking for help in preparing her tax return. She saw thousands of dollars being charged on her credit card and taken from her bank account, not knowing what they were for, and she was unable to receive any answers when she called for help. The theft only stopped when she closed the charge card and bank account last year.She is not, shall we say, up to the mental challenge of dealing with this, although she has reported this to the NY and Florida state AG's offices. She informs me that The Tax Club is now under investigation in Florida. In my practice, I have often seen clients who had been swindled by unscrupulous investment advisors, ripped off by phony investment and business schemes, and had their identity stolen. In all my years, I have never seen anything as sad, pathetic, and infuriating as what Tax Club did to this woman. Lawrence R.Upstate NY