{"id":246,"date":"2025-08-22T20:04:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T01:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/?p=246"},"modified":"2024-12-23T18:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T23:06:47","slug":"useful-tips-from-the-irs-to-help-protect-your-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"Useful Tips from the IRS to Help Protect Your Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Identity theft is so prevalent these days.\u00a0 It is too easy to have your social security number stolen.\u00a0 It has actually happened to me.\u00a0 Someone stole my identity and filed a tax return using my social security number.\u00a0 Luckily for me, I caught it early and was able to prevent any major damage to my credit file.<\/p>\n<p>To help combat the effects of ID theft, the IRS has issued some useful tips for taxpayers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you receive an email or website that does not appear to be valid you can send the information to <a href=\"mailto:phishing@irs.gov\">phishing@irs.gov<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The IRS also wants you to know that it will not initiate contact with you via email.<\/li>\n<li>The Federal Trade Commission has a website that you can visit to learn more about how to identify secure websites.\u00a0 Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onguardonline.gov\/tools\/recognize-secure-site-using-ssl.aspx\">www.onguardonline.gov\/tools\/recognize-secure-site-using-ssl.aspx<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly, the IRS has a special section on its website called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/privacy\/article\/0,,id=186436,00.html\">IRS Identify Theft and Your Tax Records page<\/a>.\u00a0 This page provides useful information to taxpayers who suspect that they might be victims.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be alert. Be aware. And know your rights when it comes to identity theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identity theft is so prevalent these days.\u00a0 It is too easy to have your social security number stolen.\u00a0 It has actually happened to me.\u00a0 Someone stole my identity and filed a tax return using my social security number.\u00a0 Luckily for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/?p=246\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,29,41,8],"tags":[12,46,6,10,42],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer-laws","category-education","category-personal-finance","category-taxes","tag-credit-card-payment","tag-education","tag-personal-finance","tag-tax-credit","tag-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fcallc.biz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}