The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) warned American taxpayers on Monday that scammers are still using the COVID-19 pandemic stimulus funds to steal people’s money and identity, and called on taxpayers to stay vigilant to such criminal activities.
In a bulletin, the IRS said that criminals are using stimulus payments, or economic impact payments (EIPs), as well as unemployment information and fake job offers to gain access to people’s personal information and then using this to file tax returns, among other things.
“Scammers continue using the pandemic as a device to scare or confuse potential victims into handing over their hard-earned money or personal information,” IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said in a bulletin. “I urge everyone to be leery of suspicious calls, texts, and emails promising benefits that don’t exist.”…