Everyone should be on the lookout for scammers looking to steal their personal and financial information this tax season.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new year means a new tax season, and unfortunately, another year for scammers to work on tricking people into giving up their personal and financial information.
Norton, an industry-leading anti-virus and security software company, is warning people of those committing identity theft around this time.
The company says scammers will try to use your personal information such as your social security number to file an income tax return and then steal your refund.
To avoid this crime, Norton says you should report the identity theft by filling out the 14309 IRS Form, or the Identity Theft Affidavit. In addition to this, reporting the theft to the Federal Trade Commission and all three credit bureaus will help to put out a fraud alert on your credit reports.
Checking your other accounts such as your bank and credit card will help in ensuring no fraudulent activity was done to those as well.
Getting an identity protection personal identification number or “IP Pin,” is another tool Norton says can help prevent identity theft. The pin is six digits and when you file your return, you will…
