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Thursday, April 16, 2020 - Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page A-7
BeWare: COVlD-19 sCammers ramping up their Operations
raudsters were busy
Fbefore COVID-19. Not
even a global health
crisis is off-limits. Scammers
have no shame and nothing
not even a global
health crisis, is off-.
The fraud may
look like fake coro—
navirus vaccines,
unproven cures ‘
and bogus at—home
testing kits. So, it’s
not surprising that
By JIM
or prevent coronavirus. Cur-
rently, the Federal Drug Ad-
ministration says there are
. no approved cures or at-home
testing kits.
Many people
who qualify for a
stimulus check will
automatically get it
direct-deposited into
their credit union
or bank account by
the IRS within the
coming weeks. But
as details emerge
scammers are ex- about how and When
ploiting confusion MORRELL . payments will ar-
about the govern- "—'—' rive, some scammers
ment’s economic im-
pact or stimulus payments.
So, how do you avoid fake
cures and testing scams?
Please do not purchase
anything that claims to treat
ELEcrIcN MArrEns
may start using
“official-looking,” fake checks ,
to steal money and confuse
people into turning over per-
sonal information.
Here are a few examples
of what yOu can'be on the
lookout for to help avoid fake
check scams. L
One fraud is a physical
check for your economic im-
pact payment arriving before
the end of April. Checks will
not be in the mail yet. The
paper checks ——- for people
without direct deposit — will
' start arriving in May: So, if
you get an economic impact
payment, stimulus or re-
lief check before then, it’s a
scam. ’
Second, the IRS will not
send you an overpayment '
and make you send the mon-
ey back in cash, gift cards, or
through a money transfer. If
you get an “official-looking”
check for more than what
you were expecting ; say,
for $10,000 — the next call
you’re likely to get is from a
scammer. They’ll tell you to .
keep your $1,200 payment,-
and return the rest by send-
ing cash, gift cards, or money
transfers. It’s a scam that
will leave you owing money
to your credit union or bank.
The IRS will not call, ,
text, or email you asking for
information about your pay-
ments. That again will come
only from those scammers
sending official-looking mes-
sages, including postcards
with a password to be used
online to “access” or “verify”
your payment or direct de-
posit information. The IRS
will not contact you to collect
your personal information or
bank account. These are also
scams.
Do not fall for these
scams. If it sounds too good
to be true, it’s a scam. '
For trusted information
and updates about IRS pay-
ments —- including eligibility,
how to sign up for direct de-
posit, or where to file a short
tax form —— always start with
irs.gov/coronavirus.
Learn how to avoid scams
by subscribing to the Federal
Trade Commission’s consum-
er alerts, and report scams to
the FTC at ftc.gov/complaint.
If you have questions or
think you may be a victim to
a scam, the best thing to do i
is to call your credit union or
bank as soon as possible.
I Jim Morrell is president/
CEO of Peninsula Credit
Union. He can be reached at
Signatures are the key component‘to voting by mail
t seems there are In a polling place elec- ballot and finally votes. vote,
which for most peo- you swear an oath that
Ifewer things to sign tion, voters show up on a With vote-by-mail you ple
is when you get your you are a citizen and the
the old-fashioned way Tuesday in a school gym don’t have to show up at
driver’s license, you sign Department of Licensing
of ink on paper every day. ,or library —- my first time a school gym to
get your on that pad and the im- then transfers that infor-
But that old way of put- was at the Masonic Tem- ballot. My staff sends you
age of your signature gets mation, including your
saved with your record
and gets printed on your
license. If you say you
want to register to vote,
signature image, to my
office. If you "register
one and your signature
is the way we verify that
your ballot came from you.
When you register to
ple in Juneau — tells the
poll worker their name, ‘
verifies their address,
signs the pollbook, gets a
ting your mark in ink on
an envelope and returnin'g
it to the county auditor is
the key to vote—byfmail.
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