With tax season set to open today, the scammers are already prepared. Be on the lookout for scams, including phishing scams, which might make your personal and financial information vulnerable to thieves.
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Another State Puts Brakes On Tax Refunds, Citing Concerns About Identity Theft
North Dakota has announced that it will slow the issuance of tax refunds this season in an effort to try and stop identity theft-related tax fraud. It’s the second state to do so this season. Tax season opens today.
Read MoreIRS Sends IP PIN Letters With Wrong Tax Year, Stresses It Will Not Affect Returns Filed In 2016
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that it has discovered an error affecting Identity Protection Personal Identity Numbers (IP PIN) letters mailed out in December 2015: those letters have the wrong effective year.
Read MoreHow Answering A Simple Question Makes You An Easy Target For Identity Thieves
It happened again this week. I was making a doctor’s appointment for my son when I was asked if I would be responsible for the
Read MoreAs TIGTA Continues To Warn On IRS Scams, New Treasury Scams Surface
Over the past two years, nearly 4,550 victims have collectively paid over $23 million to scammers posing as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials. Since October
Read MoreMoney For Nothing: Lottery & Sweepstakes Scams Also Target Taxpayers
I won the lottery this week despite the fact that I didn’t buy a ticket. I found out that I won after the directors of
Read MoreGuilty Plea In One Of The Largest, Longest Running Tax Fraud Schemes Ever
Guilty. That was the plea today from 29-year-old Elian Matlovsky of Staten Island, New York. Matlovsky was one of 14 defendants initially charged in a
Read MoreWith Tax Day Over, Tax Scammers Are Still In Business
With the ink barely dry on tax returns, scammers are already reaching out to taxpayers.
Read MoreIRS, TIGTA Continue To Warn Taxpayers Of ‘Largest Scam Of Its Kind’
Think that’s IRS on the phone demanding payment? Think again…
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IRS Criminal Investigation Department Gets Serious About Tax ID Thefts
Identity theft related tax fraud is one of the most serious concerns at IRS today. What’s being done about it? I talked to IRS-Criminal Investigations about ongoing efforts to get the bad guys and found out some surprising details about targets, enforcements and the staggering amounts of tax dollars involved.
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