Beware Of This New Stimulus Check Scam That Looks Like A Legit Text From The IRS

In the latest scheme, scammers are texting people about a stimulus check in order to get them to give up their personal information, according to a new alert by the Better Business Bureau, a nonprofit that tracks bad advertisements and customer complaints in North America. As of 2025, the BBB has received about 40 reports of this scam. Melanie McGovern, the BBB’s director of public relations and social media, said the scam is insidious because it is based on real IRS payments taxpayers may have heard about in the news....