Keep living National newspaperon Globe, Renata Vasconcellos revealed an action by the Federal Revenue Service Protect Taxpayers’ CPF of scammers.
The country’s most watched news program gave the example of Ana Beatriz Peixoto, a Brazilian who discovered a company in her name. In 2023, The scammers took out loans and even rented a property using the pensioner’s CPF.
JN reports increase in CPF irregularities
THE Globe reported that the number of businesses opened with fraudulent CPFs increased by 30% in 2023 compared to 2022. In 2024, the Revenue Agency identified a daily average of 15 companies created irregularly.
The channel explained that the data on the web was not protected. “With the stolen CPF, the criminal creates a fraudulent CNPJ and can open bank accounts and take out loans in the name of the fake company”he explained.
Renata Vasconcellos reveals Revenue Agency action against scammers
JN explained that federal revenue has launched a resource for Protect your CPF from fraud and gave the step by step guide to using the new feature: access the Federal Government Websitego to the “Brazilian Services and Information” tab, then “Companies and Businesses”, “Redesim” and “Protect my CPF”.
The Marinho family’s broadcaster recalled the importance of access through the gov.br account and strengthened the be careful with data on the Internet.
“In this digital universe, it is important that citizens understand that their sensitive data needs protection”Henrique Silva Freire, a lawyer, told Globo news.
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