Stimulus Check Credit Card Scam

Laura irrera hahn hadn t heard stimulus checks were being sent by debit card.

Stimulus check credit card scam. Contact the state unemployment office. The irs is sending out four million stimulus payments in the form of visa prepaid debit cards even though most people were expecting checks. Don t throw away that debit card that just arrived in the mail it could be your coronavirus stimulus payment.

Is it a scam. Sending the eip card instead of physical checks will help deliver money quickly and safely and the funds will be available for use immediately after activating the card according to the treasury 2. For the 1 200 stimulus check associated with the cares act the irs set a deadline of may 13th if you wanted to enter your direct deposit.

Place a fraud alert on your credit with equifax experian and transunion. When we did get it it seemed a little odd. What is a money network card.

Cards are a fraud or an unsolicited credit card. Michigan attorney general dana nessel said the debit cards are not a scam. Watch your mail for a debit card with your payment irs says updated jan 07 2021.

There was a famous spate of credit card scams in the us a few years ago when cold callers would claim to be from visa or mastercard. When the prepaid card arrived in the mail she thought it was a scam. The irs is sending the debit cards to some people with their stimulus checks instead of direct deposit or a paper check.

Millions of taxpayers are getting their stimulus payment on a debit card. People are mistaking stimulus payments for junk mail or a scam. Your stimulus check may come as an eip debit card.