You want your $1,200 stimulus check -- but so do scammers. Here's how to stay safe:
The Internal Revenue Service will soon start sending stimulus checks of up to $1,200 to individuals as part of an effort to get millions of Americans through the coronavirus outbreak — but people should be ready to outsmart con artists eyeing their money, authorities say.
“ ‘The number of folks and businesses potentially falling victim are so much larger in comparison to those regional disasters.’ ” The most common complaint so far relates to a fraud arising out of a claimed cancellation or refund on travel plans. In almost 2,000 complaints, consumers say they’ve been defrauded out of $3.1 million.
That means they could have a person’s cell phone number and information about where they bank, but they may be missing they last piece of information — like a PIN — to access money. “Your bank or credit union is not going to call and ask for personal pieces of information. They already have it.” It works the other way around, Hodges said. “When you call them, they authenticate you.”
People shouldn’t open emails that claim to be from the IRS or click on attachments and links, Rettig said. Instead they should forward any unsolicited texts, emails or social media outreach to: [email protected]. If a taxpayer doesn’t have direct deposit information on their returns, they have two choices. They can submit their banking information to the IRS through a portal that will be up and running later this month.“ ‘Taxpayers should not provide their direct deposit or other banking information for others to input on their behalf into the secure portal.’ ”
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