Identity theft cases rise during tax season: How to prevent it from happening to you

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Identity theft cases rise during tax season: How to prevent it from happening to you
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“We will never say click here to send us this you were missing a document or click here to access something,” said Yviand Hernandez with the Internal Revenue Service.

This tax season, the Arizona Department of Revenue has stopped more than 8,500 cases of fraud. Solving those cases saved Arizona around $28 million that could've been lost from fraudulent tax returns. The Department of Revenue says identity theft spikes every tax season, here’s how you can prevent it.

The IRS and the Arizona Department of Revenue say to always question when someone is asking for your social security number, properly discard of documents with personal information, and monitor bank statements for weird transactions. Also, tax agencies will only contact you via mail, so any contact made outside of mail is not legitimate.

“The most important tip I would have for taxpayers is to encourage everyone to file electronically," Wilder said."Filing electronically is faster, easier and much more secure than filing by paper.”

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