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As hope fades for a second stimulus payment this year, scammers target people still waiting for financial relief

Anyone who didn’t file a tax return for 2018 or 2019 and has not yet received pandemic relief funds has until Nov. 21 to claim the payment

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November 10, 2020 at 12:51 p.m. EST
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Yes, the IRS is still trying to distribute pandemic relief money to millions of Americans. But, no, that text about a second stimulus payment is not real.

As if the federal stimulus effort in response to the covid-19 pandemic weren’t tumultuous enough, scammers are trying to steal people’s money or financial information by sending fraudulent text messages.