2025 Stimulus Notification Scam. To be clear, this rumor claiming the irs was issuing $8,700 stimulus checks in 2025 is false. The alert said scammers sent text messages that a taxpayer was eligible for a stimulus payment and must click on a link to complete information to claim it.

We found no such government programs giving checks of up to $2,400 to people earning less than $30 an hour — well above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour (for. In the third round of direct stimulus aid, more than 169 million checks were issued by the irs.