$1,400 stimulus check scam warning issued

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Scammers pretending to be from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have been texting taxpayers asking them to give their personal details in exchange for Economic Impact Payments (EIP), also known as the Recovery Rebate Credit. Scams can cost U.S. taxpayers thousands of dollars and put them in financial peril, and the incidence of scams tends to increase during tax-filing season, which opened on January 27. What To Know Fraudsters have sent phishing...