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by dopylitty 2494 days ago
Maybe it does happen all the time and you just don't hear about it. That's all I can guess.
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My spouse's human resources dept was spearphished and sent all employees' tax forms. 1 in 3 employees called the IRS to get a PIN issued - the rest (hundreds) discovered someone had submitted fake tax returns on their behalf the next year. Many had credit cards issued to someone else before the credit lockdowns were in place. Any spouses or children whose SSNs were on the employees tax forms also had problems.