You may also need to file a police report and a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on their website if you're a victim of tax return fraud. There are a number of measures that individuals such as yourself can take to prevent your identity from being stolen or used fraudulently.Ĭomplete Form 14039-Identity Theft Affidavit to prove that you're the real taxpayer (or on behalf of a deceased spouse or relative whose personal information was used to file a fraudulent tax return). If a person responds to a phishing e-mail or provides personal information to a caller pretending to be the IRS, they may very well be sending would-be thieves the keys to commit fraud! Financial institutions and government agencies, as a rule, do not ask you for personal information such as your social security number or password over e-mails and phone calls.
Identity theft has seen a rise in recent years of 50% from 2005 to 2010, according to Department of Justice figures.
Did you efile a tax return, but it was rejected by the IRS because a return with your Social Security number (SSN) was already accepted?
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