IDENTITY THIEVES TARGET TAX REFUNDS

Tax Identity Theft Has More Than Tripled in the Past Five Years Tax day is less than two weeks away, and this year, for the first time ever, the Federal Trade Commission says tax refunds are the No. 1 target of identity thieves.

Tracey Cochran was anxiously anticipating this year's tax refund, because money was tight."I had been unemployed and just started temp work .She expected to receive a $2,400 check from the Internal Revenue Service. Instead she received a notice that something was wrong. Somebody else had filed a return in her name, and a thief was trying to intercept her refund.

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