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2. How to protect yourself against check fraud - AOL

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   This NY man, 41, was on the verge of homelessness after his $97,000 Social Security disability-benefits check was stolen from the mail — how to protect yourself from check fraud in 2025

3. Follow These Steps if You’ve Been Hacked

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   Having your information stolen or your privacy invaded can be nothing less than unsettling. If you have been hacked, you will need to take action as soon as suspicious activity is detected.

4. Social Security Number Stolen? What To Do

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   “Criminals typically use SSN theft as the starting point for financial theft, insurance and tax refund scams, so you need to go down the list and contact all of those organizations to make sure ...

5. Identity theft - Wikipedia

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   The IRS has created [when?] the IRS Identity Protection Specialized Unit to help taxpayers' who are victims of federal tax-related identity theft. [69] Generally, the identity thief will use a stolen SSN to file a forged tax return and attempt to get a fraudulent refund early in the filing season.

6. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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   An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.

7. IRS has improved taxpayer services but is slow to resolve ID ...

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   The IRS boosted taxpayer services through Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act but still faces processing claims from a coronavirus pandemic-era tax credit program and is slow to resolve certain ...

8. Identity theft in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 2012, identity theft was blamed for $4 billion of fraudulent tax refunds by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [8] and 770,000 taxpayers have been the victims of tax identity theft by 2013. [9] A public-private initiative by the IRS and employers in 2016 resulted in a 50% drop in incidents of taxpayer identity theft reports. [10]

9. How To Protect Your Tax Refund From Being Stolen

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   With a few tips, you can avoid being scammed out of your money. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail ...