by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 12, 2025 | Scam of the day
With last year’s April 15th income tax deadline not even a month behind us, it may seem too early to think about income tax identity theft, but it is important to remember that income tax identity theft, by which identity thieves file phony income tax returns...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 28, 2025 | Scam of the day
Getting information from the IRS can sometimes be a frustrating experience and with the recent cuts in employees of an already understaffed IRS, you can expect the problems to be worse this year. Fortunately, the IRS has a program by which you can set up an Online...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 12, 2025 | Scam of the day
For all of us procrastinating about filing our federal income tax returns it is important to remember that income tax identity theft, by which identity thieves file phony income tax returns with counterfeit W-2s using the Social Security number and name of their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 21, 2025 | Scam of the day
Not even the dead are immune from identity theft and this particular type of identity theft is now on the rise. Until regulations were enacted in 2014 scammers merely checked out the latest obituaries and then went to a free totally available data bank called the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 25, 2024 | Scam of the day
Income tax identity theft, by which identity thieves file phony income tax returns with counterfeit W-2s using the Social Security number and name of their victim is still a major problem for the IRS and taxpayers costing us all billions of dollars each year....
