Good evening Facebook friends. Im covering the ID Theft that seems to be hitting many in Portland with connections to the Catholic Church. Crooks have taken peoples social security numbers and used them to file fake tax returns and get refunds. Early reports made many of us think you only had to worry if you worked for the Archdiocese or if you coached. Now it appears possible that it involves anyone who took the call to protect training like I did--in order to volunteer in classrooms or go with your kinds on field trips. That could involve thousands of people in the greater Portland area. Ive talked with a few of you--and wanted to give the rest of you a couple paragraphs from the irs.gov site on what to do: (it looks long but I had trouble finding it on the site and wanted to make it easy for you. So here ya go) If you did not receive an IRS notice but believe you’ve been the victim of identity theft, contact the IRS Identity Protection Specialized Unit at 800-908-4490, extension 245 right away so we can take steps to secure your tax account and match your SSN or ITIN. Also, fill out the IRS Identity Theft Affidavit, Form 14039. Please write legibly and follow the directions on the back of the form that relate to your specific circumstances. In addition, we recommend you take additional steps with agencies outside the IRS: Report incidents of identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission at consumer.ftc.gov or the FTC Identity Theft hotline at 877-438-4338 or TTY 866-653-4261. File a report with the local police. Contact the fraud departments of the three major credit bureaus: Equifax – equifax, 800-525-6285 Experian – experian, 888-397-3742 TransUnion – transunion, 800-680-7289 Close any accounts that have been tampered with or opened fraudulently. More information is available at IRS.gov:
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 02:50:48 +0000
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