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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy sister got a gov. check today for $986.
No idea what this means. Was it net, did they take taxes out? I know it's income-related. Her husband is a retired federal employee and she's retired from a state job. I thought SS recipients were getting it by direct deposit. My husband and I are retired. Waiting to see what we get and how.
We will be using whatever we get to help our grandchildren who are out of work.
LakeArenal
(28,846 posts)They delivered by last four digits of SS #
Which great for me cuz mine is something like 0012 but Mr Lakes is something like 9989. His took at least six months to get here.
Croney
(4,670 posts)It's too morbid to get excited about when people are dying, but the grandchildren will be grateful.
LakeArenal
(28,846 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,874 posts)According to all news reports no stimulus money has been dispenses yet.
Croney
(4,670 posts)This whole thing is fucked up.
2naSalit
(86,798 posts)Croney
(4,670 posts)She is a Republican. Maybe they got theirs first. (Only half kidding)
gibraltar72
(7,512 posts)Heard about car dealers sending out "official" stimulus checks that can be used to buy a car. There will be more than a few scams. Going on. Sounds very fishy to me.
Croney
(4,670 posts)being a Trumpster.
pnwest
(3,266 posts)Not to horn in on nunnamybizniz, but I've gotten checks like that, that made me do a double-take. They looked very real, nearly identical to the tax refund checks. The other reason I'd love to know, is because if it is real, then I'm going to get my hopes up that these payments will be coming soon!
Thanx!
Alex4Martinez
(2,198 posts)People want to know.
Croney
(4,670 posts)Croney
(4,670 posts)"It says United States Treasury, signed by Nora Robinson"
Alex4Martinez
(2,198 posts)Croney
(4,670 posts)Alex4Martinez
(2,198 posts)Or Vona S. Robinson, but there might be more than one authorized signature.
As long as it's not Trump's, which is an idea that was floated around to boost his popularity, I'm fine!
Raven
(13,900 posts)Croney
(4,670 posts)Croney
(4,670 posts)"It says United States Treasury, signed by Nora Robinson"
subterranean
(3,427 posts)Sounds suspicious, especially if she was not expecting the check, and there was no explanation of what it was for.
Bengus81
(6,933 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,459 posts)a lower amount?
Kali
(55,023 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,459 posts)Or maybe I read that wrong...
Kali
(55,023 posts)but I thought it was supposed to be electronic deposits first in the next couple of weeks and paper checks later...
LuckyCharms
(17,459 posts)Croney
(4,670 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,459 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,405 posts)The plan set priority, starting April 24, for paper-check distribution to those with the lowest income individual taxpayers making $10,000 or less.
Checks for those under the $20,000-or-less bracket are to be mailed a week later, on May 1, under the plan, followed by Americans earning $30,000 or less on May 8, and so on.
Kali
(55,023 posts)they would start electronic transfers in a week or two, checks were going to take longer. sounds fishy to me, but Lucky Charms has a good point just above.
Chainfire
(17,644 posts)Nora just likes you?
LuckyCharms
(17,459 posts)1) My local bank lobby is open by appointment only. If you can get inside a bank lobby, talk to the bank manager. Show him/her the check, and ask if the physical check is indeed a bonafide government check. They have ways of knowing.
2) If it is indeed a valid check, don't cash it or deposit it yet. Call the IRS (start there) and ask them what the hell the money is for.
3) If it is not an official government check, keep it, but do nothing with it.
4) Never cash any kind of check until you know exactly what it is for. Even a cashiers check.
Croney
(4,670 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,459 posts)Croney
(4,670 posts)She says "It says United States Treasury, signed by Nora Robinson"
and that's all I'm gonna get out of her. I don't really want to be the one to burst her bubble. Poor thing, she's got the handicap of being an orange-cult follower.
LuckyCharms
(17,459 posts)but I'm 99,9% sure it is not a stimulus check.
Could be anything...perhaps even an IRS error.
Bottom line is this...never cash or deposit a check until you know exactly what the proceeds are for.
Croney
(4,670 posts)Would anybody put it past him?
obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)lettucebe
(2,337 posts)and they can't have gotten any checks out from IRS yet, so I'd suggest she not cash that. Some scammers will send checks, when you cash then, they initially clear, and then they are found to be bogus so you are charged back for the money -- usually they ask you to send some to them, but still, this is most likely a scam. Be careful!
Croney
(4,670 posts)and I'm just going to wait and see. If the check is real, then the bastards paid their own kind first.
marlakay
(11,498 posts)I accidentally looked at wrong column this year single instead of married and they sent me a additional refund for not getting enough refund.
Croney
(4,670 posts)So it's a mystery.
Vinca
(50,308 posts)Odd there was nothing to explain it that came with it. I know they're not shy about telling you if they think you owe them more.
Kali
(55,023 posts)I was just looking around to see if/when these are going out and all I find says next week would be the earliest. so whatever that check was, it doesn't seem to have been a part of the stimulus.
Croney
(4,670 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 7, 2020, 08:44 PM - Edit history (1)
they would not spend the money until the check cleared.
I'm going to text her right now for an update.
EDIT to add: She says the money is sitting there in their bank account, there was no check stub saying what it was for, and now they agree with me that it's strange, but they're just going to wait and see.