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04/20/2020
Customer Alerts: Frauds and Scams
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
At Fiscal Service, we’re concerned that our customers stay up to date about frauds and scams that impact their financial transactions. We’ll use this page to bring you the latest information about the frauds and how you can avoid them as well as other pertinent information.
Protect Yourself from COVID-19 Scams
- If you receive calls, e-mails, or other communications claiming to be from the Treasury Department and offering Economic Impact Payments in exchange for personal financial information, or an advance fee, or charge of any kind, including the purchase of gift cards, PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND. See general guidance on these scams.
- Follow new fraud alerts related to COVID-19 on the Federal Trade Commission site.
- Please contact the FBI at ic3.gov so that the scammers can be tracked and stopped
- Visit Coronavirus.gov for the latest official information from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Task Force at the White House.
- See the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) graphic about IRS-related Coronavirus scams and check the contact information below about reporting a scam to TIGTA.
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