<prompt> Human: After waiting for my W2 from my old job, I finally picked up the mail today to find a small ziplock with a Were sorry, your package was damaged message on it from the post office. Inside was my W2, well.. half of it. The envelope was clearly ripped, but the W2 itself has been perforated almost perfectly down the middle and the left half is missing. I talked to my mailman and also called the office, and they told me it was ripped in the machine but they couldnt find the other half. They said its nothing to worry about. This just seems super shady to me. I plan to call the IRS first thing in the morning to make sure someone else didnt file my taxes.What else do I need to do? Thanks in advance, reddit!Assistant: My W2s, through three different employers, typically include a summary plus four copies fed, state, local, personal of the real W2. Do you have at least one of those real copies? If so, just photocopy it - They all have the same numbers on them.If not, talk to your employer about getting a replacement copy of it.Human: I do have 24 of them. Thanks! I am a bit worried about someone stealing my information though.Assistant: Valid concern in general, but realistically, when the post office loses something, it means our machines chewed it up so badly we wont even bother insulting you by including it with an apology.Human: That definitely makes me feel a bit better. Do you think I need to put a freeze on my credit or anything?  <response>: Probably not - Just make a point of downloading one of your three free credit reports every four months, and if you see anything odd, then freeze your credit.Until then, pretty unlikely anything more than the machine ate it happened. 