Economic Relief 2024 Scam. Were you eligible to receive an economic impact payment in 2020, but never received it? The irs is not sending emails to taxpayers about a third round of economic impact payments because it does not initiate contact via email.

Washington — the internal revenue service today urged taxpayers to be on the lookout for a surge of calls and email phishing attempts about the coronavirus, or covid. Now fraudsters exploit this relief aid via an irs scam offering a fake “third round” of stimulus payments.