Happened to me. The IRS caught it and prevented a scumbug from collecting my refund. It is getting old.

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Also: Request a free credit report from each of the three credit bureaus. Visit www.annualcreditreport.com.

I just tried to do that and my identity could not be confirmed.

A few weeks ago I tried to find my $600 stimulus check via the IRS check locator site and was informed my identity was not confirmed.

Now, what fresh shit have I stepped into.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:


What about creating an account at View Your Account Information (IRS)? Seems like a good idea, too.


If you have a significant other, make sure they'll be able to access said encrypted keyring in the event of your untimely demise. One of my best friends failed to do that and his widow is paying the price to this day.

I already have a social security account and pull my records yearly. And I pull my credit reports throughout the year from each credit bureau. But I didn't know about the IRS. Thank you very much for that.

As for leaving access to love ones left behind, I have a safe deposit box which I pay for and our executor has a key to it. In it besides our wills are instructions inside an envelope marked "In Case of Rey's Death." Inside the envelope are instructions on how to get to an encrypted Cloud directory that contains files that have information to all our financial accounts along with information for my password manager.

The information shared in this community is truly outstanding.

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Originally posted by GWbiker:

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Also: Request a free credit report from each of the three credit bureaus. Visit www.annualcreditreport.com.

I just tried to do that and my identity could not be confirmed.



Now, what fresh shit have I stepped into.

Clear your cache, wait for some time period like weeks and try again carefully.

It helps if you have an old credit report handy although it's hard to use it on the fly when verifying yourself.

Think long and hard before answering the questions:

They'll ask you whether you've been associated with any of the address listed, lived in which county, in 2016 you opened which account, your mortgage is serviced by which company, etc. Sometimes, the answer is None of the above.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:

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Originally posted by GWbiker:

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Also: Request a free credit report from each of the three credit bureaus. Visit www.annualcreditreport.com.

I just tried to do that and my identity could not be confirmed.



Now, what fresh shit have I stepped into.

Clear your cache, wait for some time period like weeks and try again carefully.

It helps if you have an old credit report handy although it's hard to use it on the fly when verifying yourself.

Think long and hard before answering the questions:

They'll ask you whether you've been associated with any of the address listed, lived in which county, in 2016 you opened which account, your mortgage is serviced by which company, etc. Sometimes, the answer is None of the above.

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try.

Got the taxes filed. Thanks for the advice there. As far as I can tell it worked.

Checked the PA Dept of Labor site for UC fraud. They ask for a police report in their online form. I called the state police, but they don't really want to come and file a report. They won't take it over the phone. So I guess I'm about done. I did the form as-is without the police report. No confirmation number or anything. Just a "thank you".

Since unemployment is taxable income, I probalby would have waited a while before filing to make sure it got straightened out.

WWCBD?*

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*(What would Charles Bronson do?)

<Walks to the wall chart to cross reference the crime to the amount of barrel necessary.>

"Yeah, this'll do for stealin' my identity".

Must be an epidemic, my wife last week, 5 people at our workplace and one of our church elders.

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Originally posted by mikeyspizza:
Since unemployment is taxable income, I probalby would have waited a while before filing to make sure it got straightened out.

Yep.

Some illegal working at a fish farm in Mississippi used Tabitha's SSN to get the job AND unemployment and Tabitha OWED more money than she made that year. The IRS refused to straighten it out or do anything bout the criminal using her SSN.

She can't even get disability because of it.