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SECURITY NEWS
SCDOR Identity Verification Quiz and Individual Code Verification
You may receive a letter from the SCDOR asking you to complete either the
Identity Verification Quiz or
Individual Code Verification after filing your return. This is just another step we are taking to ensure that fraudsters are not using your information to file a false return and steal your refund.
SECURITY STATS
615
scams
were reported in South Carolina in 2020.1
7%
of ID Theft cases reported to SCDCA were tax related in 2020.1
61%
of data breaches involved phishing or stolen credentials in 2020.3
19,369
Business Email Compromise (BEC) complaints with adjusted losses over $1.8 billion in 2020.3
12,827
victims
of government impersonation scams in 2020.3
$5.7 billion
of tax fraud identified by the IRS in 2020.2
#14
South Carolina had the fourteenth highest rate of fraud complaints in the country.4
60+ year-olds
are the most vulnerable to internet crimes, with 105,301 complaints in 2020.3
43,430
complaints
of identity theft in 2020.3
#16
South Carolina had the sixteenth highest rate of identity theft complaints in the country.4
