by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 2, 2019 | Scam of the day
It was only a few days ago on January 28th that the filing season for federal income taxes began and, once again, we can expect income tax identity thieves to be among the first people filing returns. Income tax identity theft, by which identity thieves file phony...
by admin | Sep 17, 2018 | 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 victims is still a major problem for the IRS and taxpayers costing us all billions of dollars each year....
by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Scam of the day
The General Accountability Office (GA0), the federal agency which does detailed investigations of governmental activities, has just issued a new report critical of the IRS’ efforts to authenticate taxpayers and prevent income tax identity theft. Income tax...
by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | Scam of the day
Susan Hughes of West Chester, Ohio has been busy lately working to clear up her aunt’s identity theft. Somewhat surprisingly, her aunt has been dead for thirteen years. Not even the dead are immune from identity theft and this particular type of identity theft...
by admin | Apr 3, 2018 | Scam of the day
Famous bank robber Willie Sutton was reportedly once asked why he robbed banks to which he responded, “because that’s where the money is.” When it comes to income tax identity theft which is still a multi billion problem for the IRS and legitimate...
