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When your identity gets stolen enough times, the IRS assigns you an identity protection PIN and mails you a new one every year. Too bad it's only useful for your taxes.


Just the fact that there is a process for that, and you have people whose "identity gets stolen enough times", is worth an Onion headline...


The thieves filed a fake tax return in my name so they could steal the refund. The IRS takes that stuff pretty seriously, fortunately.




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