Taxes and death...

It is that time of year again; people all over the country are receiving their W-2's and filing their taxes. It is also time for fraudsters to come out of the woodwork and work their magic.

Tax software goliath Intuit had an issue last week with Turbo Tax and state tax filings. The issue had some people logging in to file their taxes and finding their state taxes already completed when they hadn't done so themselves.

The faked filings was not due to a security breach which makes me happy since I have used Turbo Tax for the last 10 years. At this point I have already files and received my returns (however paltry they were this year...damn you scholarships and the American Opportunity Tax Act!!)

Fraudsters can easily go to an underground website to purchase personal data suitable for filing bogus tax claims, an identity-management specialist noted in comments to USA Today.

Intuit has instituted additional security measures and anyone that was affected by the by this tax fraud is being offered identity protection services and free credit monitoring.