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It's Tax Time. What You Need To Know About Income Tax Identity Theft

Published: Feb. 4, 2016, 4 p.m.

Join Jim Blue and Steve Weisman is a discussion on how to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of income tax identity theft.

It's tax time and\xa0we all know that income tax identity theft is a major problem. \xa0The most common way that income tax identity theft occurs is when the identity thief files an income tax return using his or her victim\u2019s\xa0Social Security number\xa0along with a counterfeit W-2 that indicates a large refund is due.

Steve Weisman is a lawyer, a professor at\xa0Bentley University\xa0and one of the country's leading experts in scams and identity theft. He writes the blog\xa0scamicide.com, where he provides daily update information about the latest scams. His new book is\xa0Identity Theft Alert.