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The following is from the IRS. We want all of our friends in the United States to read this.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Want to get your Coronavirus relief check? Scammers do too.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n You\u2019ve probably heard the news by now \u2013 the government is sending out relief checks as part of the federal response to the Coronavirus. Scammers heard the same thing, and they\u2019re hoping to cash in on yours.<\/span><\/p>\n The details of how this will all work are still coming together, but we do know a few things about how this will \u2013 and will not \u2013 work. For now, here are some things to know.<\/span><\/p>\n You don\u2019t need to do anything. As long as you filed taxes for 2018 and\/or 2019, the federal government likely has the information it needs to send you your money. Social Security recipients and railroad retirees who are otherwise not required to file a tax return also do not need to do anything to receive their money. If you otherwise have not filed taxes recently, you may need to submit a simple tax return to get your check. (More on who\u2019s eligible here.)<\/span><\/p>\n Do not give anyone your personal information to \u201csign-up\u201d for your relief check. There is nothing to sign up for. Anyone calling to ask for your personal information, like your Social Security number, PayPal account, or bank information is a scammer, plain and simple. Also be on the lookout for email phishing scams, where scammers pretend to be from the government and ask for your information as part of the \u201csign-up\u201d process for the checks.<\/span><\/p>\n To set up direct deposit of your check, communicate only with the IRS at irs.gov\/coronavirus. And you only need to do this if you didn\u2019t give the IRS your bank information on your 2018 or 2019 return. In the coming weeks, the IRS will be setting up an online form available through irs.gov\/coronavirus. But nowhere else, and never in response to an email, text, or call.<\/span><\/p>\n No one has early access to this money. Anyone that claims to is a scammer. The timeline for this process is not exact, but it looks like funds will start going out in the next few weeks. Scammers are using the lack of detail to try to trick people into giving their personal information and money.<\/span><\/p>\n To get official updates and more information, visit the IRS\u2019s page on economic impact payments.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And if you come across a scammer trying to take your check, we want to hear about it. Report it at ftc.gov\/complaint<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Updated 4\/2\/20 with new information on filing taxes<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Source:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/blog\/2020\/04\/want-get-your-coronavirus-relief-check-scammers-do-too<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is from the IRS. We want all of our friends in the United States to read this. Want to get your Coronavirus relief check? Scammers do too. You\u2019ve probably heard the news by now \u2013 the government is sending out relief checks as part of the federal response to the Coronavirus. Scammers heard\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1680,1656,3766],"tags":[3849,2980,589,3875],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19131,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19129\/revisions\/19131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}