<prompt> Human: I havent lived with, or recieved 50 of my income from, my parents since I was 17. Im in my third year of college, and every single year since I moved out, my mother has insisted that she should get to claim me as a dependent, despite the fact that she does not help me financially in any way and I do not live with her. She preaches that it will not have an effect on my financial aid - which isnt even my issue, its the fact that she wants a tax break that she didnt earn - and that I can still file my own taxes.Is this tax fraud? Is it illegal? Every single year since my senior year of high school I deal with at least two dozen phone calls during tax season about how theres no reason for me to not let her claim me. I have no idea if what shes asking me to do is illegal or if its just shitty.  <response>: Yes its illegal. 