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Letter from IRS asking to prove identity!! | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71486987  United States02/16/2016 05:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
smackdog
 User ID: 67938009 United States02/16/2016 05:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have to tell you, be careful because it might not be the IRS. Make sure that number is an IRS number. You should never give any personal information on the phone. If you have been using a valid SSN, then there shouldn't be any more to discuss. If they want your SSN, then you know its a scam. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71486987 United States02/16/2016 05:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have to tell you, be careful because it might not be the IRS. Make sure that number is an IRS number. You should never give any personal information on the phone. If you have been using a valid SSN, then there shouldn't be any more to discuss. If they want your SSN, then you know its a scam. Quoting: smackdog I agree. |
| DARTH SILIOUS
Abrasive Fuck User ID: 70371165  Netherlands02/16/2016 05:28 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's probably that. Last year there was a ton of identity theft concerning refunds. Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me. Or something |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 30820755 United States02/16/2016 05:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | tax return fraud is pretty common IF someone who is not you is trying to get a refund using your SS number or taxID number or other credentials that are yours and the IRS is making an effort to make sure YOU get YOUR tax refund and not some crook, would you still be mad? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398  Ireland02/16/2016 05:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some filthy mexicant used his information to file a false claim. Good luck getting it fixed. You are now the official supporters of a Juan. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69001916 Shut it Aussie....I dont need to hear your shit too today But he is right.. I'd just ignore the fuckers and go on living. you are stuck in a trap of your own making... they put that little piece of cheese in there and you went for it.. BAM.. snapped right on your head. stop relying on the government for anything.. work for cash, barter and trade.. you can be debt and IRS free. The IRS is holding the tax return because they think somebody is using Bambi2U's information. They have not paid the refund. If the information on the IRS website is correct, the Taxpayer Verification is to prevent paying a tax refund to a crook. |
| hannah50
User ID: 71260771 United States02/16/2016 05:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some filthy mexicant used his information to file a false claim. Good luck getting it fixed. You are now the official supporters of a Juan. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69001916  There is a literal cottage industry of people stealing identities and filing false income tax returns. I had it happen to me several times...I even had the IRS confiscate MY bank account because THEY gave a $6,000 tax refund to someone filing as me. I have NEVER gotten a return anywhere near that big in my life, even when I was married and my children were dependents. You would think that might have tipped them off, but no...So, I had to go through a nightmare, and I now have to get an ID theft pin number from the IRS every year to file. Oh jeez. That's horrible. What a nightmare. OP, thanks for the post. We've been hearing it on the news off and on for weeks. I've not filed yet, so I'll have to cross my fingers. I've used TaxACT for about 10 years now (online service) with no issues. I guess I'll be taking a deep breath before I start them this year. Good luck! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398 Ireland02/16/2016 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Bambi2U Nope were both born here in USA. I have never ever had an issue and neither has hubby. The only thing I can think of his dad has same name but is the I and my hubby is the II. Even though the SS #s are different maybe the IRS mixed it up. Im right there with you Bodiless Check the three credit agencies using your husband's SSN to make sure that he has not become a victim of identity theft. Check for loans and credit cards that were not requested by him. Tax-Refund Fraud Soaring, Little IRS Can Do by MATT HUNTER "Here's a conspicuous flaw in the system as currently set up: To file a tax return electronically, all someone needs is a name, date of birth and an SSN. The IRS accepts tax filings as soon as Jan. 1, but employers aren't required to submit correct employment information to the agency until March, by which time roughly half of all refunds have been paid out. (For that matter, the IRS doesn't begin matching employer-submitted data to tax returns until the summer.)"..... [link to www.nbcnews.com]  Thanks hun! Im gonna go sit and read this. I doubt it will help us fix this but might provide some answers as to why.Good luck! At least if it is some type of fraud with your husband's SSN you can find out now. You do not get a star.. much less a gold one due to the fact that you do not pay attention! [link to www.wthr.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398 Ireland02/16/2016 05:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Don't know if you tried this but my co workers daughter just dealt with this. They went through the IRS Fruad department to get it resolved. Might be a backside solution. Quoting: Red Harvest You do not get a star.. much less a gold one due to the fact that you do not pay attention! [link to www.wthr.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398 Ireland02/16/2016 05:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some filthy mexicant used his information to file a false claim. Good luck getting it fixed. You are now the official supporters of a Juan. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69001916 Shut it Aussie....I dont need to hear your shit too today But he is right.. I'd just ignore the fuckers and go on living. you are stuck in a trap of your own making... they put that little piece of cheese in there and you went for it.. BAM.. snapped right on your head. stop relying on the government for anything.. work for cash, barter and trade.. you can be debt and IRS free. The IRS is holding the tax return because they think somebody is using Bambi2U's information. They have not paid the refund. If the information on the IRS website is correct, the Taxpayer Verification is to prevent paying a tax refund to a crook. You do not get a star.. much less a gold one due to the fact that you do not pay attention! [link to www.wthr.com] THEY DONT FUCKING CARE!!!! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398 Ireland02/16/2016 05:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We have filed just fine every year but this year we got a letter asking my husband to prove his identity. We have tried to use the Identity Verification Service, call the #s provided and none work! Calling the IRS is a joke they just end up disconnecting call. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Quoting: Bambi2U Im so frustrated my BP is through the roof Identity theft scam Call IRS directly & ask ... You do not get a star.. much less a gold one due to the fact that you do not pay attention! [link to www.wthr.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398 Ireland02/16/2016 05:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That sounds like the answer, I wouldn't call the number in the letter, go to IRS.gov and get that # You do not get a star.. much less a gold one due to the fact that you do not pay attention! [link to www.wthr.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398 Ireland02/16/2016 05:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Did you file your taxes yet ? A few years back someone made up a false w2 form for my husband and tried to claim a refund before we had even filed for the year. Big pain to get cleared up. Now we have to get a special password each year and file electronically. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 70999534 I forgot. The way we found out about it was that a refund came in the mail before we filed. The IRS wouldn't send it to a different bank account then the previous year. Otherwise we wouldn't have known till we filed. Call the IRS and ask if someone has filed in your name . You do not get a star.. much less a gold one due to the fact that you do not pay attention! [link to www.wthr.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398 Ireland02/16/2016 05:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | tax return fraud is pretty common Quoting: Anonymous Coward 30820755 IF someone who is not you is trying to get a refund using your SS number or taxID number or other credentials that are yours and the IRS is making an effort to make sure YOU get YOUR tax refund and not some crook, would you still be mad? You do not get a star.. much less a gold one due to the fact that you do not pay attention! [link to www.wthr.com] |
| Ziconic
User ID: 63875496 United States02/16/2016 05:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And for all these absolute assholes saying ignore them, fuck the IRS, etc. I agree with you. FUCK THE IRS SIDEWAYS! However, your advice, in this instance, is ill advised. Until YOU, and at least half the country STANDS UP AND REVOLTS AGAINST THE IRS AND THIS CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT AT THE SAME EXACT TIME, the individual going through this kind of scrutiny and bullshit will be criminalized and he/she left in the cold. Until that revolt, the individual is best advised to clear small issues. Last Edited by Zen & Z on 02/16/2016 05:47 PM “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” ~Seneca You can lead the Democrats to knowledge, but you can't make them think. |
| MonocyteOne
User ID: 71073085 United States02/16/2016 05:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's not just the IRS that does this. Sometimes brokerage firms or other financial institutions do the same thing. Last Edited by everLearner on 02/16/2016 05:53 PM |
| thinking...
User ID: 59995817 United States02/16/2016 05:50 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, if you cannot get through to the help line posted on page one, contact your congressman's office. Let them know you're worried about a scam, too. They should be able to help. In his poem Human Pride, Marx admits that his aim is not to improve the world, reform or revolutionize it, but simply to ruin it and enjoy it being ruined: With disdain I will throw my gauntlet full in the face of the world, And see the collapse of this pygmy giant whose fall will not stifle my ardor. Then will I wander godlike and victorious through the ruins of the world And, giving my words an active force, I will feel equal to the Creator. “Looking for consciousness in the brain is like looking in the radio for the announcer.” – Nasseim Haramein, Director of Research for the Resonance Project |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 70666044 United States02/16/2016 05:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We have filed just fine every year but this year we got a letter asking my husband to prove his identity. We have tried to use the Identity Verification Service, call the #s provided and none work! Calling the IRS is a joke they just end up disconnecting call. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Quoting: Bambi2U Im so frustrated my BP is through the roof Got a buddy at work with the same problem. Won't accept his return until he proves he's himself. I'm now convinced that I am still 10 years old and having a nightmare. There is no possible way this can be reality. None. Same here ... |
| hannah50
User ID: 71260771 United States02/16/2016 05:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's likely you've been picked at random in some internal regulatory audit process (an audit of IRS operations, not of you), in which case it wouldn't have anything to do with you or anything you've done. You just happen to be among a group of lucky winners that now have to prove their identities so the IRS can show internal auditors that they do have an identity verification process in place and they use it. Quoting: MonocyteOne It's not just the IRS that does this. Sometimes brokerage firms or other financial institutions do the same thing. ^^^ This. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 13518815 United States02/16/2016 06:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why is this pinned? If you received a letter with a phone number search the number with these newfangled things called search engines. If it's a legit number call them and sort it out, if it's a scam number shred the letter. You do know that the irs was hacked last year? |
| Bambi2U
(OP) User ID: 69700613 United States02/16/2016 06:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had this happen last year to my wife, someone tried to file taxes under her name. They will issue you and your spouse separate special PIN number to put on your tax returns in the future. Try calling first thing in the morning, right as they open. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 57005031 We used our special PINS to file "We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Jesus Christ." "The Saints are Sinners that keep on trying" |
| Bambi2U
(OP) User ID: 69700613 United States02/16/2016 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why is this pinned? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 13518815 If you received a letter with a phone number search the number with these newfangled things called search engines. If it's a legit number call them and sort it out, if it's a scam number shred the letter. You do know that the irs was hacked last year? Hey AC....you REALLY think I haven't tried that? Dumb azz "We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Jesus Christ." "The Saints are Sinners that keep on trying" |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 70386279 United States02/16/2016 06:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We have filed just fine every year but this year we got a letter asking my husband to prove his identity. We have tried to use the Identity Verification Service, call the #s provided and none work! Calling the IRS is a joke they just end up disconnecting call. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Quoting: Bambi2U Im so frustrated my BP is through the roof Tell them to go Fuck themselves unless they can prove their identity! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71489828 Netherlands02/16/2016 06:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why is this pinned? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 13518815 If you received a letter with a phone number search the number with these newfangled things called search engines. If it's a legit number call them and sort it out, if it's a scam number shred the letter. You do know that the irs was hacked last year? Hey AC....you REALLY think I haven't tried that? Dumb azz No, I don't think you have. My shit was hacked last year and I got a letter from the irs and everything is gravy. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71486987 United States02/16/2016 06:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why is this pinned? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 13518815 If you received a letter with a phone number search the number with these newfangled things called search engines. If it's a legit number call them and sort it out, if it's a scam number shred the letter. You do know that the irs was hacked last year? Hey AC....you REALLY think I haven't tried that? Dumb azz Bambi, Steve says tell you guys not to call any number. If the IRS wants to talk to you, they will call you. He had heard of a scam where someone was asked to call a number to talk to the IRS, and it was a scam. Call the Better Business Bureau first and see if they can tell you if it is legit before you give out any information. |
| Ziconic
User ID: 63875496 United States02/16/2016 06:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why is this pinned? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 13518815 If you received a letter with a phone number search the number with these newfangled things called search engines. If it's a legit number call them and sort it out, if it's a scam number shred the letter. You do know that the irs was hacked last year? What the hell is wrong with questioning it, and asking advice? As far as pinning it, it's to gain exposure. Maybe others are going through the same thing. Last Edited by Zen & Z on 02/16/2016 06:19 PM “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” ~Seneca You can lead the Democrats to knowledge, but you can't make them think. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71489828 Netherlands02/16/2016 06:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why is this pinned? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 13518815 If you received a letter with a phone number search the number with these newfangled things called search engines. If it's a legit number call them and sort it out, if it's a scam number shred the letter. You do know that the irs was hacked last year? Hey AC....you REALLY think I haven't tried that? Dumb azz Bambi, Steve says tell you guys not to call any number. If the IRS wants to talk to you, they will call you. He had heard of a scam where someone was asked to call a number to talk to the IRS, and it was a scam. Call the Better Business Bureau first and see if they can tell you if it is legit before you give out any information.  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71489828 Netherlands02/16/2016 06:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why is this pinned? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 13518815 If you received a letter with a phone number search the number with these newfangled things called search engines. If it's a legit number call them and sort it out, if it's a scam number shred the letter. You do know that the irs was hacked last year? What the hell is wrong with questioning it, and asking advice? As far as pinning it, it's to gain exposure. Maybe others are going through the same thing. Again, do a simple search. If it's not an irs number disregard the letter. |
| Bambi2U
(OP) User ID: 69700613 United States02/16/2016 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why is this pinned? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 13518815 If you received a letter with a phone number search the number with these newfangled things called search engines. If it's a legit number call them and sort it out, if it's a scam number shred the letter. You do know that the irs was hacked last year? Hey AC....you REALLY think I haven't tried that? Dumb azz Bambi, Steve says tell you guys not to call any number. If the IRS wants to talk to you, they will call you. He had heard of a scam where someone was asked to call a number to talk to the IRS, and it was a scam. Call the Better Business Bureau first and see if they can tell you if it is legit before you give out any information. A friend on FB just posted this Hey people! Beware!. I got a tax fraud scam call.....202-817-4452.....auto call saying irs is filing a lawsuit against me......i called the irs 800-366-4484 to report it I finally found a working number...I think lol, Hubs on the phone now says wait time 15min 1-800-829-0582 ext 652 Oh its an official letter. Others are dealing with this too. Some people are saying they are being told its a random audit thing. I still think it might be Nicks dads tax bs coming to haunt us. "We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Jesus Christ." "The Saints are Sinners that keep on trying" |
| Bambi2U
(OP) User ID: 69700613 United States02/16/2016 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why is this pinned? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 13518815 If you received a letter with a phone number search the number with these newfangled things called search engines. If it's a legit number call them and sort it out, if it's a scam number shred the letter. You do know that the irs was hacked last year? What the hell is wrong with questioning it, and asking advice? As far as pinning it, it's to gain exposure. Maybe others are going through the same thing. Again, do a simple search. If it's not an irs number disregard the letter. Our taxes were supposed to be back 2 weeks ago so no, I don't think I will disregard the letter "We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Jesus Christ." "The Saints are Sinners that keep on trying" |
