Someone E-Filed My Taxes Before I Could... (Identity Theft Advice?)(Anyone Ever Had This Happen?)

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I'll make this quick guys.

*Had my normal tax specialist e-file my taxes this year as soon as I got my W2 in late January

*He informed me (after receiving a notification from Intuit) that someone filed my taxes on 01/15/15 and the IRS rejected it saying that someone with my social/TIN already filed.

*Filled out this form 14039 after doing some research on IRS.Gov and submitted it with my paper return for federal and state.

*Check my credit score regularly and everything's good on that front but just to be safe I added a credit freeze with Experian, Equifax, Transunion (cost about $13 total)

1.) Has this happened to any of you guys before or anyone you know?

2.) How did it work out? How long did the process take?

3.) I HIGHLY recommend you guys request a PIN from the IRS for e-filing as a precaution, I also recommend adding a credit freeze with the three major credit bureaus. It's inexpensive ($3 each bureau) and it can save you the headache in the future.


After talking with coworkers and friends/family about this I found that a few of them had dealt with similar circumstances. (Someone opened up multiple cell phone lines with their social, someone ran up credit card charges under their name, one girl I know even had an old college roommate get multiple apartments and car rentals in her name pulling a straight kamikaze on her credit.)

Just wanted to get any insight and also warn that this identity theft stuff is real and can happen to anyone.

I work for the Social Security Administration and just had a call like last week where someone had the same thing happen to her. I recommended her to check her credit with the 3 bureaus and also gave her the phone number to the FCC about id theft. (1-877-idtheft)

oidreez said:

I work for the Social Security Administration and just had a call like last week where someone had the same thing happen to her. I recommended her to check her credit with the 3 bureaus and also gave her the phone number to the FCC about id theft. (1-877-idtheft)

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thank you

It's all over down here. Got dudes gassing up people trying to get the "maximum return" only to have their identity stolen and their check cashed.

Lady in my office just last week got beat out of 8G's, and now she can't find the guy who did her taxes.

rillo561 said:

It's all over down here. Got dudes gassing up people trying to get the "maximum return" only to have their identity stolen and their check cashed.

Lady in my office just last week got beat out of 8G's, and now she can't find the guy who did her taxes.

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