IRS Advises Taxpayers To Watch Out For Schemes
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an alert about a new email scheme targeting taxpayers. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself.
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Why I Walked Out Of My Child’s Doctor’s Office (And It’s Okay For You To Do It, Too)
We’ve been trained to think we have to answer certain questions in order to get services. When it comes to ID theft, sometimes answering those questions may do more harm than good.
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My Mother's Maiden Name Is Cumberbatch (And Other Lies I Tell For The Sake Of Security)
One of the best ways to protect yourself against identity theft is by lying. Here’s what you need to know.
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Indian Police Allege IRS, FBI, Other Law Enforcement Not Interested In Phone Scam Arrests
Taxpayers across the country breathed a sigh of relief after the arrest of Sagar Thakkar, the man accused of being the mastermind behind those Internal Revenue Service (IRS) phone scams. Now, however, Indian police allege that American authorities don’t have interest in the case.
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TIGTA Announces Five Arrests in Massive, Ongoing IRS Phone Scam
Today, TIGTA announced the arrests of five individuals made in what has been characterized as an “ongoing investigation” into a massive IRS impersonation scam.
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Report Accuses IRS Of Encouraging Illegal Immigrants To File Using False Info, Identity Fraud
Last week, a television news station in Indiana ran an exposé allegedly revealing a new kind of identity fraud aimed at taxpayers. The report alleged that illegal immigrants were using stolen Social Security Numbers for tax-related purposes and not only does the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) know about the fraud, there is a “secret IRS…
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IRS Releases Additional Statement On Illegal Access To Taxpayer Accounts
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a statement regarding additional reports of unauthorized access of taxpayer information using the “Get Transcript” application. Follows is the statement in full: Following an incident involving the IRS’s “Get Transcript” web application discovered in May, the IRS conducted an extensive review covering the 2015 filing season to assess whether…
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IRS Says Illegal Account Access Worse Than Originally Thought: 220,000 More Taxpayers Affected
Earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that identity thieves illegally accessed tax information tied to approximately 114,000 taxpayers with unsuccessful attempts made on about 111,000 additional taxpayer accounts. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen delivered the news at a hastily arranged press conference on May 26, 2015, to alert taxpayers to the breach. At…
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IRS Offers Tax Guidance On Free Identity Theft Protection Services
There’s no question that identity theft is a problem in the United States. A 2015 study released by Javelin Strategy & Research found that there were 12.7 million victims of identity theft in the U.S. 2014. That works out to a new identity fraud victim every two seconds. Identity theft has topped the list of…
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Defendants Sentenced For Stealing 9,000 Identities, Including Army Soldiers
Identity theft related tax fraud continues to be a problem in the United States, even as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and law enforcement cracks down. Earlier this month, eight residents of Alabama and Georgia were sentenced for their roles in a wide-ranging scheme that involved 9,000 stolen identities, netting the defendants nearly $10 million….
