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Article: Tax Season Puts Consumers At High Risk for Identity Theft; Identity Theft Resource Center and Fellowes Urge Tax Payers to Protect Information.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- March 2, 2005
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ITASCA, Ill. -- The days and weeks leading up to Income Tax Day, April 15th, can be an especially vulnerable time as tax filers are reviewing financial information that is highly attractive to identity thieves, such as bank records, payroll forms and loan documents that contain very valuable and private information.
Linda Foley, co-executive director of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit organization, has been a victim of identity theft - she knows this scenario all to well. "A few years ago an employer used personal information taken directly from my tax forms to open credit cards and a cell phone account in my name," said Foley. "At that time, ...