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Of the 2.5 million consumer www.avg.com/activate complaints avg.com/retail received by the Federal Trade Commission last year received avg.com/activation, the imposter scams were the third most common.  Debt Install Avg With License Number activation  collection scams ranked second www.avg.com/activation  . But at the very top of the list is identity theft. (You can see the full list here.)

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The IRS announced  that the number avg.com/retail of tax identity theft cases has doubled each year in recent years. It estimated it has paid out $5.8 billion in fraudulent tax refunds in 2013 because of identity avg.com/activation theft www.avg.com/activation  . The IRS also reported it also was Install Avg With License Number activation  able to stop another 5 million attempts to get fraudulent refunds, which saved taxpayers another $20 billion www.avg.com/activate.

Many tax fraud cases involve stolen social security numbers. CNNMoney reports that hackers stole more than 6.5 www.avg.com/activate million Social Security numbers www.avg.com/activation   last year, with up to 80 million more at risk this Install Avg With License Number activation  year avg.com/activation as part of the Anthem data breach alone avg.com/retail.

2014 is sometimes called the year of the hack and it is clear that while large-scale breaches continue we will surely see elevated rates of www.avg.com/activation   identity theft, especially in the tax season.

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