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This Tax Season, Fraudsters May Target Your Refund

Source: npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/04/01/295798042/this-tax-season-fraudsters-may-target-your-refund - Apr 1, 2014

You've already heard about thieves stealing credit card numbers, with dominating the news headlines. But imagine what a thief could do with your company's payroll records. Those contain valuable information such as your Social Security number, date of birth, your address and how much you earn.

Gary Blatto-Vallee of Webster, N.Y., learned how damaging this type of data theft can be when he tried to submit his federal tax return. "We were alerted by our accountant that our e-filing for our taxes was denied because of one of our numbers had been used," he says.

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Category: IRS