Monica Haven, Your Taxpayer Advocate

Tax fraud, identity theft and other financial scams have become the bane of our lives. Indeed, if you have not already fallen victim, you might not wonder if you’ll become a predator’s target but rather when. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen announced only half in jest that “street crime is down because everybody is filing false tax returns” while a report from the Treasury Inspector General’s office finds that tax ID theft has risen from 271K incidents in 2010 to more than 1.6 million in just the 1st half of 2013!

Faced with these overwhelming statistics, I am concerned about the near-inevitability that my clients will suffer a breach of security, whether shopping at Target, working for SONY, getting a seemingly well-intentioned letter announcing an inheritance from abroad, or a threatening phone call from someone purporting to be an IRS collections agent. The criminal mind is rife with creativity; the array of scams infinite.

I hope to use this page of my website to alert readers to some of the most prevalent swindles and offer suggestions, links and assistance to those who suspect that they have become victims of foul-play.

Please see The Latest below.


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	Fraud adjust text size Hide Text Show Text Blog Fraud Changes Tax fraud, identity theft and other financial scams have become the bane of our lives. Indeed, if you have not already fallen victim, you might not wonder if you’ll become a predator’s target but rather when. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen announced only half in jest that “street crime is down because everybody is filing false tax returns” while a report from the Treasury Inspector General’s office finds that tax ID theft has risen from 271K incidents in 2010 to more than 1.6 million in just the 1st half of 2013! Faced with these overwhelming statistics, I am concerned about the near-inevitability that my clients will suffer a breach of security, whether shopping at Target, working for SONY, getting a seemingly well-intentioned letter announcing an inheritance from abroad, or a threatening phone call from someone purporting to be an IRS collections agent. The criminal mind is rife with creativity; the array of scams infinite. I hope to use this page of my website to alert readers to some of the most prevalent swindles and offer suggestions, links and assistance to those who suspect that they have become victims of foul-play. Please see The Latest below.

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