IRS Warns Common Scams on the Rise as Second Stimulus Check Arrives | The State
Scammers contact people largely through techniques to search for personal information.
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With the arrival of payments from the second stimulus check the scams The most common are on the rise across the country, according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Scammers are contacting people largely through techniques of phishing looking for personal information. They are also using tools like email, text messages, social networks and phone callss to contact taxpayers.
He IRS It has warned that it would never initiate contact with taxpayers through these methods.
These are some of the most common scams about the stimulus check according to the IRS:
Text messages:
Through text messages, you could reveal information about your bank account under the pretext of receiving the financial check payments.
Identity fraud:
Scammers use schemes identity fraud using email, letters and messages on social networks using keywords such as “coronavirus”, “COVID-19” and “stimulus”. The messages are sent to a large number of people and are intended to access your information from your bank accounts and even passwords.
COVID-19 tests:
Scammers are selling fake COVID-19 test kits for home use as well as the sale of “miracle products”, pills, medical advice and even vaccines.
Donations:
Criminals are also offering requests for fake donations for people who have been affected by the disease.
Investments:
You should also be careful as scammers will offer you false opportunities to invest in companies that are allegedly developing COVID-19 vaccines that offer you the promise that they will dramatically increase in value.
Related: Alert: 8 scams designed to steal your stimulus check money.
He IRS has reported that scammers and criminals will use any time of crisis to take advantage of you and the pandemic is no exception. If you receive an email or text message from phishing, you must report it through the website of the IRS.
Your bank account details will not be needed by the IRS to get you the stimulus payments as the payments are sent automatically.
If you are still waiting for your payment, you must be patient you could check your payment with the tool Get My Payment via the IRS website. During the last weeks the federal agency registered errors in the payments that were deposited in temporary bank accounts that were identified as closed by the agency’s system.
Direct deposits are expected to be received later this month as a paper check or as a direct deposit. If you do not receive your payment from your stimulus check, you will have to wait until the tax filing season begins from February 12 to mid-April.
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