[TriLUG] OT: Security concern: H&R Block wanted my DL number to do my taxes

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

somehow, if people start fraudulently *paying* other people's taxes, maybe 
they *will* ask for their driver's license.  I'm not holding my breath.

Now, what I've wondered about for a long time is... what happens when you 
give the IRS tax payment routing number (not the refund one) to a Nigerian 
scammer...?

William Sutton

On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, Thomas Delrue wrote:
>
>> Oh, I am not skeptical about the fraud, *that* I believe... I'm
>> skeptical about how asking DLs will prevent that fraud.
>
> I don't get it either.
>
> When I cash my refund check, is the bank supposed to ask for my DL?
>
> What if, like this year, I don't get a refund. Shouldn't they only ask for 
> your DL if you're being issued a refund?
>
> Joe
>
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