May 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury has alerted taxpayers that some coronavirus stimulus payments are being sent out as a prepaid debit cards in plain white envelopes, following reports of recipients mistaking them for junk mail.
The Internal Revenue Service issued a statement Wednesday clarifying that 4 million taxpayers are receiving delivery of Economic Impact Payments as debit cards rather than as paper checks or direct deposits -- and that they are being sent in plain white envelopes bearing no official U.S. government markings.