possible identity theft and 1099c form

damien38
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ok so I received a envelope with a 1099c form from Paypal (europe)sarl. et cie sca address with us postage paid. which by the way I live in florida/usa.

 

I in fact have dept with paypal credit.  it was charged off and sold to midland credit, and I have paying them on that dept.

plus paypal credit is through synchrony bank and not paypal itself.

 

so back to the 1099c.

1. printed on regular printer paper with my address and that paypal address at the top of the page.

2. there is a phone number. for the heck of it I called it.[Removed. Phone #s not permitted]  yesterday when I called, voice mail answered saying 1099c was not available at the moment and voicemail is full. today I called and voice mail answere saying it was paypal and leave a message.,,, just wow. so much scam

3. there are typos in the instructions section. some words dont have spaces between them. again wow

 

listed creditor is paypal europe, again nope synchrony bank creditor and sold to midland credit.

dept description : paypal credit....... sigh.....why

and now debtors tin list full social number, which is against irs rules as it states only 4 digital will be shown.

dept discharge doesnt match dept with midland credit.

 

and half the form is missing. as there is only  copy B

 

so yeah I really think is a scam and someone got a hold of my social number

 

and there has not been any cancellation of dept announced

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PayPal_Olivia
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Hi @damien38,

 

I'm sorry to hear that you received a suspicious document. I'm glad to hear that you are vigilant and cautious! If you believe that your social security number has been compromised, you may want to look over this information about reporting identity theft.

 

I hope this helps!

 

Olivia

 

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April8205
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Did you ever figure out if this was fake or not, because i just received the same thing in the mail. I have been trying to do research on it, and even called irs and they said they couldnt tell me anything.
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Crissytee
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Same thing happened to me! I am pretty sure it is fake (I hope). Please if anyone finds anything else out let us know on here!
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