The text isn't real, but here's the problem, people are getting Economic Impact Payments from the IRS. Those payments are automatic. Taxpayers don't have to do anything to get them.

It’s tax season–and that means scammers are posing as the IRS. Emails, calls and text messages claim you’re eligible for an “economic impact payment” and look like they’re from the ...

Some individuals who received the third economic impact payment did not receive the full amount. These individuals are also eligible to receive the remaining balance of their payment by January 2025.

In a Facebook post, the IRS warned that text messages are going around claiming that people are eligible for a “$1,400 Economic Impact Payment.” ...

The Recovery Rebate Credit is a refundable credit for individuals who didn't receive the Economic Impact Payments, also known as stimulus payments, during 2020 and 2021.

Taxpayers have just a few days to make sure they get a 2021 payment potentially worth thousands of dollars from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Economic Impact Payments were sent out to ...

The Recovery Rebate Credit is a refundable credit for individuals who didn’t receive the Economic Impact Payments, also known as stimulus payments, during 2020 and 2021.

Money The IRS is sending out Economic Impact Payments, but this text is fake The IRS uses letters through the USPS, not texts, emails, or phone calls.