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Originally Posted by rcooled View Post
Received a debit card in the mail today claiming to be my "Economic Impact Payment Card, enabled by Money Network®"

They give a phone number to call in order to activate the card, and say they also want my SSN, and that I'll need to set up a PIN to complete the activation. They claim that the card can be used to transfer $$ to a bank account (need to provide a routing #), used to make a cash withdrawal at an ATM or in-person at a bank, or make purchases on-line or at a store.

Anyone else get one of these? I'm a bit leery that it could be a scam of some sort.
Wow, yeah, sounds super bogus to me. Still, wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't something that a bureaucrat thought up and was legit.
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