Credit Freeze Part #2

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Part #2 in our Credit Freeze series. This series of articles was written by our staff writers. It will go through the step by step process of how to freeze your credit and explain to you why you would want to do this in the first place. We reccomend that if your are not familiar with the pros and cons of freezing your credit you should go back to the first article. If you are and would just like to know the in and outs of how to do this you can start with the second article.

16 Ways You May Be Exposing Yourself to Fraud

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If you think filing your taxes is a nuisance now, imagine doing it after a scammer steals your identity or your tax return check. While electronic tax filing has eased the task of preparing and filing tax returns, the convenience of electronic filing has also created a channel for the growing number of criminals who commit tax-related identity theft, a crime that has continued to rise since 2011, when the IRS identified more than 1 million incidents.