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

[Steve Litt via TriLUG]

On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:58:34 +0000 (GMT)
Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> 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
> 

I guess I'm just not clued-in, and I'm averse to googling 2 character
acronyms. What's a DL?


SteveT

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