![]() ![]() Glenn Gizzi, senior stakeholder liaison for the IRS, shared tips on how to protect yourself if you receive a card. Scammers are using people’s heightened state of fear and anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic to steal money or sensitive personal information. It is more important than ever to stay vigilant. Check your mail carefully to avoid tossing your Economic Impact Payment card out with your junk mail. ![]() Don’t share your PIN, your Economic Impact Payment debit card number, or your Social Security number with anyone who calls or texts you: It’s a scam.Scammers are bound to set up fake customer service numbers to deceive people into sharing personal information. Don’t search the internet for the number.Be careful to call the correct phone number as indicated on the enclosed letter.Your Economic Impact Payment card will arrive in a plain envelope from “Money Network Cardholder Services.”.Here’s what you need to know about the debit cards: If you’ve thrown out or destroyed your Economic Impact Payment card, you can call the toll-free customer service line at 80 (TTY: 80) to ask for a replacement. It sounds fishy, but it is legitimate.ĪARP has heard from members that they have thrown out or destroyed the cards, thinking they were a scam. The letter accompanying the card tells the recipient they will need to call the phone number and register the card with a PIN and, yes, part of their Social Security number. The payment is loaded onto the debit card. ![]() The cards are going out to certain eligible taxpayers who filed tax returns but for whom the IRS doesn’t have bank account information. Department of the Treasury in the form of Visa debit cards. Nearly 4 million people are receiving their Economic Impact Payments - or “stimulus checks” - from the U.S. ![]()
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