Almost 4 Million Americans are waiting for their stimulus money from the Cares Act. The Internal Revenue Service and The U.S. Treasury Department began sending out Economic Impact Payments as prepaid debit cards last week. The problem is that it is arriving in a plain white envelope and people are throwing them away thinking it's junk mail!
That's exactly what happened to Thomas and Bonnie Moore of southwest Florida. They told WINK-TV that they threw away their Debit Card because they were expecting a stimulus check from the U.S. Treasury.
"My husband looked at it, briefly read it and he said, 'Do you want this?' And I said, 'I don't need another fake card, so he cut it up in little pieces," Bonnie said.
Once they realized what they did, Bonnie was looking through their garbage trying to pull out all of the pieces.
So check the mail before you toss anything out. A replacement card will cost you $17!
Click here for more information on the stimulus debit card.
