Richard, that happened to me. They stole my ID and filed a tax return using the address of an empty building in town to which IRS mailed a letter. But because the mail carrier recognized my name and remembered where I lived, she brought the IRS letter to me. That's the only reason I discovered the situation in a timely manner. My CPA handled it and the following year IRS assigned me a special ID number to put on my tax return. So...I'm grateful to live in a small town.
Another interesting aspect was that a fellow from the security division of one of my credit cards was able to tell me where the theft occurred by tracking the IP address. It was located in Riverside, IA, a town about 50 miles north of here with a big casino. Can you say criminal element? On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:44 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: What's worse than filing your taxes? Having an identity thief steal your return check. "Identity theft is already a serious problem—the No. 1 complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, and tax-related identity theft is a growing part of this crime spree. In 2010, about 15 percent of all identity theft complaints to the FTC dealt with tax returns. In 2013, that jumped to 43 percent." 'Identity thieves gear up to steal your tax refund' http://www.cnbc.com/id/101332463 On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Richard J. Williams <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: On 1/14/2014 10:25 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: > >Actually, the "IRS scandal" was pretty much a nothingburger blown up and >embroidered by the Obama-hating right wing. It got plenty of media exposure at >the time until it turned out to have very little substance (liberal groups >were also "targeted," just for one thing). > > So, how many people got fired or were forced into retirement or quit, because of the IRS targeting scandal? Was it three or four? Obama said it was "outrageous". The Obama IRS targeting scandal mountain makes Christie's "bridge gate" look like a tiny ant hill. > >"First, only conservative groups were targeted in this scandal by the IRS. Liberal or progressive groups were not targeted. The IRS leaked conservative groups' confidential applications and donor lists to liberal groups, never the other way around." > >'A Battering Ram Becomes a Stonewall' >Wall Street Journal: >http://tinyurl.com/nwkdd9zIs >
