Do you think there's a chance that they will do my return and pay what I owe? That would be sweet!
Me too! I was thinking, "well, that's one benefit of never getting a refund."
Unfortunately the IRS are about as smart as a rock. It doesn't matter what your actual refund/liability status is. A scammer will file a return saying you earned $150k and had $100k withheld, so the IRS will cut a check to "you" at their PO box for the "refund" due of like $50k, and then will audit it later and say "hey, wait a minute, you only earned x and paid y....you actually owe us some amount, so you owe us what you owed us plus the $50k we sent you plus interest and penalties" at which point scammer has already cashed the check at a check cashing store who swears it was you who walked in to cash it.
