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June 1, 2012 10:09 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_DmS3oQD7_8/tax-refund-fraud-filing-someo.html
Tax-refund fraud: filing someone else's return to rip them off
In the New York Times, Lizette Alvarez reports on a "tsumani of fraud" in the form of tax-refund identity theft. Using only a very little information, crooks file tax returns in their victims' names (the IRS helpfully corrects any mistakes they make in the particulars), then collect the victims' tax refunds: The criminals, some of [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_DmS3oQD7_8/tax-refund-fraud-filing-someo.html
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