Federal Trade Commission: This year’s Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week is January 25-29, 2016

January 20, 2016

by Rosario Méndez               

Attorney, Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC

It’s tax season, and you know what that means: identity thieves who want to steal your tax refund are at work. Find out how to stop them during Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week, January 25-29.
The FTC and its partners are hosting a series of events to help you understand tax identity theft, how to minimize your risk of becoming a victim, and what to do if thieves have stolen your tax refund.  Check these out:

• January 26, 2 p.m. – an FTC webinar for consumers, co-hosted AARP’s Fraud Watch Network and Tax Aide Program. Learn how tax identity theft happens and what you can do if it happens to you.

• January 27, 11 a.m. – the FTC and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will host a Twitter chat with information about tax identity theft for veterans. Join the conversation at #VeteranIDTheft.

• January 27, 2 p.m. – the FTC, TIGTA and the VA will host a webinar with information about tax identity theft for veterans.

• January 28, 1 p.m. – the FTC and the IRS will co-host a webinar with information to help victims of tax identity theft.

• January 29, 2 p.m. – the FTC and the Identity Theft Resource Center will co-host a Twitter chat about tax ID theft. Join the conversation at #IDTheftChat.

Help promote awareness about tax identity theft. We have free resources to share in your community. Want to know more about identity theft in general? Visit www.IdentityTheft.gov, the government’s one-stop resource to help identity theft victims recover.


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A National Data Privacy Day Event, Jan. 28, '16, " Washtenaw County Elder Justice Coalition Town Hall Meeting " Financial Exploitation of Seniors"

Washtenaw Elder Justice Coalition Town Hall meeting: Financial Exploitation of Seniors

“A National Data Privacy Day Event”

January 28, 2016, 9-11:30 a.m., Pittsfield Twp. Administration Bldg., 6201 W. MI Ave, Morris Hall

Free and open to the public

 

Keynote Speaker, Mr. Ron Tatro, V.P. of Elder Law of Michigan, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Ritchie Coleman, Public Safety Community Coordinator, P.T.D.P.S, with Lisa Fisher, Adult Protective Services, Tish Lee, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Mr. Brian Mackie, Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney, and Lou Morse, Bank of Ann Arbor

For more details click on the link to the Washtenaw County Blue Print for Ageing.

Washtenaw County Blue Print for Ageing