Wheaton Residents Targeted in IRS Scams

Residents reported receiving rejection letters from the Internal Revenue Service after filing their income taxes due to identify theft, police said.

A woman in the 700 block of East Indiana reported she had received an email on Feb. 21 from the IRS reporting that her and her husband’s tax return was being rejected because their information was already being used.

Police said the woman had used Turbo Tax. She tried to file again a few days later and received another rejection notice. The IRS told her to file a police report.

Another resident in the 600 block of Aurora Way reported on Feb. 20 that she went her to get her mother’s taxes done. After submitting the tax return electronically, she received a rejection notice from the IRS because her mother’s social security number was already being used.

She tried submitting her mom’s tax return again and was rejected a second time. The IRS instructed her to file a police report.

A woman in the 900 block of Michigan Street filed a police report on Feb. 18, told police she received a letter in the mail from the IRS stating that the agency had received her tax return and was conducting a thorough review.

According to the report, the woman hadn’t submitted a tax return this year because she was waiting on a 1099 form.

Police said the woman had her identity stolen in 2012 by someone who used her personal information to file a fraudulent tax return and collect the refund. She believes the same person is stealing her identity as the one in 2012.