People are accidentally discarding their Economic Impact Payments,
because they look like scams [and there are scams]
There are lots of stories appearing about this problem. Apparently something
around a quarter or more of these payment cards haven't been activated,
because they really do look like scams and MANY people have understandably
discarded them. There is a phone number to request replacements, as
noted in the article:
https://www.freep.com/story/money/personal-finance/susan-tompor/2021/01/22/stimulus-scam-some-wonder-visa-blue-cards/6659419002/
Also, to make matters worse, there really ARE scams surrounding this:
Fraudsters aggressively targeting latest round of Economic Impact
Payments, IRS warns
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/01/20/irs-stimulus-economic-impact-payments-scams/
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