Social Security Fraud - Sun Feb 12, 2012

Spate of ID thefts used to file bogus tax returns in middle Georgia The Republic The Telegraph of Macon reports (http://bit.ly/AutqDn) that some of the victims said the culprits used their IDs by swiping their identification or a child's Social Security number. In one case, a man told police someone filed a fraudulent return using ...

Singletary: Fraudulent tax returns are increasing Ventura County Star There's another reason to get our taxes done early, and that's identify theft, in which someone gets your Social Security number or other identifying information and forges a tax return in your name to get a refund. This tax season, the IRS has created ...

Clerks wary of voter fraud MetroWest Daily News She said clerk employees will typically ask to see a license or state ID, or the last four digits of a social security number. Preventing voter fraud at polling stations is done largely through well-trained and careful poll workers, clerks said.

ID theft, mixed-up records consequences of growing problem of stolen medical ... Detroit Free Press SUSAN TUSA/Detroit Free Press For every dollar a stolen Social Security number is worth, your stolen medical information -- a partial medical history, your insurance number -- is worth $50, according to some experts. Yet at least 11 times since 2009, ...

ISMG Announces the 2012 Faces of Fraud Survey: Complying with the FFIEC Guidance PR.com (press release) Information Security Media Group (ISMG), publisher of BankInfoSecurity, announces the launch of its 2012 Faces of Fraud survey. A follow-up to ISMG's 2011 Faces of Fraud Survey, this study looks not only at the latest fraud trends and how institutions ...

BBB: Dating scam bilks the lovelorn Odessa American Never give your credit card number, PIN, Social Security number or other personal information to someone over the internet. >> Beware of high pressure tactics. If someone you do not know well has a sudden emergency, be wary. Most people have friends or ..

Most tax rules stay same Toledo Blade Mr. Decker said the problem stems from stolen Social Security numbers that are made public after a person dies. He personally encountered the problem when he tried to file his income taxes last year -- a year after his wife died.

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