Do you think your economic impact payment has landed in the hands of an identity thief? You can report it to the FTC and the IRS at the same time. Here\u2019s what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visit IdentityTheft.gov<\/strong><\/a>, the government\u2019s one-stop resource for people to report identity theft and get a personal recovery plan. Click \u201cGet started.\u201d The next page asks, \u201cWhich statement best describes our situation?\u201d Click the line that says, \u201cSomeone filed a Federal tax return \u2013 or claimed an economic stimulus payment \u2013 using my information.\u201d You\u2019re on your way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>IdentityTheft.gov<\/a> <\/strong>will ask you some questions so that it can complete an IRS Identity Theft Affidavit (IRS Form 14039) for you, and submit it electronically to the IRS. You can include a personal statement too, to tell the IRS details about how your identity was misused to claim your economic impact payment. You also can download a copy of your completed Affidavit for your files. And, IdentityTheft.gov also will give you a recovery plan with steps you can take to help protect yourself from further identity theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use IdentityTheft.gov<\/strong><\/a> to report suspected identity theft only. If you have other<\/strong> concerns about your economic impact payment, visit the IRS\u2019s Economic Impact Payment Information Center<\/a> and Get My Payment Frequently Asked Questions<\/a> pages for detailed, and frequently-updated, answers to questions. You also can find information here<\/a> about payments that the IRS may have deposited to an account you don\u2019t recognize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether you\u2019re waiting for your payment, or even if it\u2019s already arrived, keep alert for scammers trying to steal your personal information, your money, or both. Remember, the IRS will not call, text you, email you, or contact you on social media asking for personal or bank account information \u2013 even related to the stimulus payments. Also, watch out for emails and texts with attachments or links claiming to have special information about the payments. They\u2019re fake, and they may be phishing for your personal information or might download malware to your computer, tablet, or phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Originally by Seena GressinAttorney, Division of Consumer & Business Education, FTC<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you think your economic impact payment has landed in the hands of an identity thief? You can report it to the FTC and the IRS at the same time. Here\u2019s what to do. Visit IdentityTheft.gov, the government\u2019s one-stop resource for people to report identity theft and get a personal recovery plan. Click \u201cGet started.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[254,263,152,164,169,180,293],"coauthors":[284],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2591,"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589\/revisions\/2591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2589"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netcast.one\/rotm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}