Instructions For Form 1040nr-Ez - U.s. Income Tax Return For Certain Nonresident Aliens With No Dependents - 2017 Page 17

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taxpayers for the PIN numbers,
Identity Theft
been resolved through normal channels,
passwords, or similar secret access
may be eligible for Taxpayer Advocate
information for their credit card, bank, or
Identity theft occurs when someone
Service (TAS) assistance. You can
other financial accounts.
uses your personal information, such as
reach TAS by calling the National
your name, social security number
If you receive an unsolicited email
Taxpayer Advocate helpline at
(SSN), individual taxpayer identification
claiming to be from the IRS, forward the
1-877-777-4778. People who are deaf
number (ITIN), or other identifying
message to phishing@irs.gov. You also
or hard of hearing, or have a speech
information, without your permission, to
may report misuse of the IRS name,
disability and who have access to
commit fraud or other crimes. An
logo, forms, or other IRS property to the
TTY/TDD equipment can call
identity thief may use your SSN to get a
Treasury Inspector General for Tax
1-800-829-4059. People who are deaf
job or may file a tax return using your
Administration toll-free at
or hard of hearing, or have a speech
SSN to receive a refund.
1-800-366-4484. People who are deaf
disability also can contact the IRS
To reduce your risk:
or hard of hearing, or have a speech
through relay services such as the
Protect your SSN or ITIN,
disability and who have access to
Federal Relay Service available at
Ensure your employer is protecting
TTY/TDD equipment can call
your SSN or ITIN, and
1-800-877-8339. You can forward
Be careful when choosing a tax
Protect yourself from suspicious
suspicious emails to the Federal Trade
preparer.
emails or phishing schemes.
Commission (FTC) at
spam@uce.gov
or
Phishing is the creation and use of email
report them at ftc.gov/complaint. You
If your tax records are affected by
and websites designed to mimic
can contact them at
identity theft and you receive a notice
legitimate business emails and
or 1-877-IDTHEFT (1-877-438-4338). If
from the IRS, respond right away to the
websites. The most common form is the
you have been a victim of identity theft,
name and phone number printed on the
act of sending an email to a user falsely
see
or Pub.
IRS notice or letter. For more
claiming to be an established legitimate
5027. People who are deaf or hard of
information, see Pub. 5027, Identity
enterprise in an attempt to scam the
hearing, or have a speech disability and
Theft Information for Taxpayers.
user into surrendering private
who have access to TTY/TDD
If your SSN has been lost or stolen or
information that will be used for identity
equipment can call 1-866-653-4261.
you suspect you are a victim of
theft.
Visit IRS.gov and enter “identity theft”
tax-related identity theft, visit
IRS.gov/
The IRS does not initiate contacts
in the search box to learn more about
IdentityTheft
to learn what steps to take.
with taxpayers via emails. Also, the IRS
identity theft and how to reduce your
Victims of identity theft who are
does not request detailed personal
risk.
experiencing economic harm or a
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