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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Tax Refund Scams - ID Theft, Fraudulent Returns, IRS - AARP

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Tax Refund Scams - ID Theft, Fraudulent Returns, IRS - AARP:


 The tip-off can come when you try to e-file your tax return but it won’t go through. Or when an expected refund doesn’t arrive. Or when the IRS sends you a letter saying that multiple returns were submitted in your name.

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Crooks may get thousands of dollars per fake return; real taxpayers are left with a hassle-filled ordeal of having to prove their own identity to get the money they’re owed. Or worse — if a taxpayer is receiving disability benefits, the Social Security Administration could take the return as evidence that the person is working, and cut off the benefits.

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