CHICAGO — The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division is warning Indiana taxpayers about a new wave of COVID-19-related scams as the agency delivers the second round of Economic Impact
Officials sound alarm over wave of COVID vaccine, stimulus check scams
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
Authorities on Tuesday warned of a wave of scams that use bogus claims of offering coronavirus vaccines and COVID-19 stimulus payments to swindle unsuspecting victims.
In some of the scams targeting senior citizens, con artists promise early access to the coronavirus vaccine in return for money, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni. The fraudsters pose as doctors, insurance companies or other medical facilities with calls that falsely claim a vaccine can be shipped and ask for various personal information to falsely check if a victim can “qualify” for the shot.
Economic Impact Payment Cards Hitting Mailboxes
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January 19, 2021
The Treasury Department and the IRS are issuing millions of second Economic Impact Payments by prepaid debit card to speed delivery of the payments to as many people as possible.
tool on IRS.gov shows a date that a recipient’s payment was mailed, they should watch their mail for either a paper check or debit card. The debit cards arrive in a white envelope that prominently displays the U.S. Department of the Treasury seal.
The prepaid debit card, called the Economic Impact Payment card, is issued by Treasury’s financial agent, MetaBank®, N.A. The IRS does not determine who receives a card.
The Internal Revenue Serviceâs Criminal Investigation Division is warning Wisconsin taxpayers about a new wave of COVID-19-related scams as the agency delivers the second round of Economic Impact Payments.
In the last several months, IRS-CI has seen a variety of Economic Impact Payment scams and other financial schemes designed to steal money and personal information from taxpayers, according to a press release from the IRS-CI, Chicago Field Office.
Criminals are taking advantage of the second round of Economic Impact Payments â as well as the approaching filing season â to trick taxpayers out of their money.
âCriminals will look for any opportunity to take what they are not entitled to and this is no exception,â Acting Special Agent in Charge Tamera Cantu, of IRS Criminal Investigationâs Chicago Field Office, said in the release. âThis payment is meant to help those that are struggling to get by as a result of the economic downturn caused by the