On 10/23/24, the IRS released Notice IR-2024-278 to encourage all taxpayers to sign up for an IRS IP PIN (identity protection personal identification number) to safeguard their identity and help ...

The IRS is encouraging taxpayers to get an identity protection PIN (IP PIN). An IP PIN is a six-digit number that helps prevent thieves from filing federal tax returns in your name. With worries about ...

American taxpayers are now proactive in protecting their tax returns by receiving an IRS Identity Protection PIN from the agency’s improved online system, which prevents fraudulent filings before they ...

Use your Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN). The six-digit number, which, in addition to your Social Security number, confirms ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Tax season is here, and while you’re busy gathering receipts and crunching numbers, scammers are working overtime to steal your hard-earned money. According to the IRS, tax fraud ...

Charity impersonators, COVID-19 schemes, disaster fraud -- the list of tax scams gets longer every year. A remarkable number of massive data breaches over the past few years have put the privacy of ...

We write stories that make you richer. Take a second right now: Follow us and get tips that will change your life. Scammers could be coming for your next tax refund, and taking action now could stop ...

Consumers and businesses aren't the only ones preparing for tax season; so are the scammers. One way to protect your information is to use the Identity Protection PIN issued by the IRS; if you filed ...

The recent AT&T data breach has left millions of customers vulnerable, with personal information, including Social Security numbers, now exposed. This breach, confirmed by AT&T, involves data stolen ...

Ed Landing, a retired state geologist and a victim of identity theft, looks over documents he's put together as he tries to get back his stolen IRS federal tax return refund (Photo by John Carl ...