by admin | Apr 3, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Earlier this week, Krebs on Security reported that one of its readers, Michael Kasper had become a victim of income tax identity theft in a new manner. The IRS provides free electronic filing through its Free File Software for people with incomes of $60,000 or less...
by admin | Feb 10, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A few days ago, Intuit, the maker of Turbo Tax temporarily suspended the use of its state income tax filing software due to, what the company referred to as, “an increase in suspicious filings.” After a couple of days, the company restored the usability...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 13, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
If you go through the archives of Scamicide, most recently in the Scam of the day for August 3, 2013, you will find much discussion of income tax identity theft and with good reason. Income tax identity theft which occurs when an identity thief obtains the name and...