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IRS Saw Fourfold ID Scam Increase in 2016

Source: tax-news.com/news/IRS_Saw_Fourfold_ID_Scam_Increase_in_2016____72941.html - Dec 9, 2016

The US Internal Revenue Service, while issuing warnings to taxpayers to be wary of identity theft and refund fraud scams, has disclosed that it saw a fourfold surge in phishing and malware incidents during the 2016 tax season.

The Security Summit – a collaborative initiative between the IRS, leaders of tax preparation and software firms, payroll and tax financial product processors, and state tax administrators – has been running a "National Tax Security Awareness Week," which began on December 5.

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