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Doing your taxes can be a lot of things: complicated, confusing, and time-consuming among them.

One of the things it doesn’t have to be is dangerous.

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According tonew researchfrom LifeLock, these are the scams to keep a close eye out for this year.

However, scammers impersonate often impersonate it to victimize people with fake services and programs.

The IP PIN is free to obtain and provides an added layer of security.

Tax forms

Never choose unexpected links or open unexpected PDFs.

Check email addresses and emails formisspellingsand confirm they’re coming from the correct and expected places.

You also want to verify with the sender via independent methods that they’ve sent the communication.

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They, and I cannot stress this enough, already have your Social Security number.

Do not give it out over the phone or in a text message.

Likewise, do not share any other personal information or give out banking information.

IRS tax forms

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