Warning: Stimulus Check Scam Reported

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SCAM

Read the article. If you got an e-mail "from the IRS" it is a scam. The IRS does NOT send e-mails and will not ask you for your information over the phone or through an e-mail.

michelle of TN @ Mar 02, 2009 12:44:42 PM

take a look and let me know

I received something in the email today. it was about the stimulus check. someone let me know if this is another scam

It said:

you've been sent a stimulus check for $1,000.00 dollars.

click her to confirm your shipping your information and follow the website instructions.

This is a limited time offer. Please act now!

Best regards

Special Noticed Team

i went and clicked on the website and it didn't seem right.

who thinks this was a scam?

Crystal Ball of VA @ Jan 18, 2009 00:28:55 AM

CHECK

HAS ANYONE RECIEVED A LETTER ASKING YOU TO SIGN UP FOR A REAL ESTATE STIMULUS CHECK?

EVA SMITH of MD @ Dec 14, 2008 08:15:12 AM

HG of TX

robocop- thers no law stating that u have to pay taxes so thats bullshit that anybody should have to owe the IRS

hector of TX @ Nov 03, 2008 15:50:54 PM

Louisana state simulus pream

I've been in La 1 yr, 7mos. I fife th Federal. I need to know if I qualify,beig disable! thanks!!!

Marietta G Phillips of LA @ Oct 13, 2008 14:34:56 PM

2nd stimuus check ?????

I got an email stating there was going to be 2nd stimlus check sent out is this turn?

lora blankenship of GA @ Jul 18, 2008 07:49:01 AM

stimulus check

I receive ssi and s.s. disability, do not have to file income tax, will I still get one?

Nancy Y.Patrick of OH @ Jun 30, 2008 15:21:21 PM

NEED HELP!

CAN PEOPLE THAT GETS "SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI) GET A STIMULUS CHECk? IM STUMPED ON THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I DONT GET W-2 FORMS AND I HAVE A PAYEE WHO PAYS MY BILLS AND GIVES ME ALLOWANCES EVERY WEEK

BETTY BLACKMAN of CA @ Jun 28, 2008 07:21:53 AM

I got one

I just recieved one of those emails today 6-25-08.I was wondering why they would be mailing me another check....

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Luke Mullins is an associate editor at U.S. News, covering banking, real estate, and white-collar crime. He came to the magazine from the American Banker, a financial services daily newspaper, after a stint in the Peace Corps in West Africa and 18 months coaching baseball in the Dominican Republic. Mullins earned a master's degree in journalism from Syracuse University in 2005 and now lives in Washington, D.C., where he grew up. He has written about white-collar criminals for the American magazine, and his work was included in 20 Something Essays by 20 Something Writers: The Best New Voices of 2006, a Random House anthology that appeared on the Boston Globe's bestseller list.

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