Calling 1-800-382-5277 or 1-800-746-6373 gives Americans information on their coronavirus stimulus checks.
The claim appears in a post (archived here) where it was published by Allyah Christine Manso on Facebook on April 12, 2020, under the title "Coronavirus Stimulus." It opened:, This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:, , , Multiple posts on Facebook showed what looked like a check from the United States Treasury Department and said "Coronavirus Stimulus," but the posts are a joke to fool people into dialing sex lines. The number, 1-800-382-5277, spells out a vulgar sexual phrase. The recording says:, Are you ready to come in my back door and give me all you\ve got to give?", The second one making the rounds, 1-800-746-6373, has numbers that spell out PHONE-SE(X) and the recording says:, Hey sexy. Welcome to 1-800 phone sex. It\s good to hear from you. So good I\m going to give you five free minutes on this call.", The IRS does not have a phone number with information about the coronavirus stimulus checks for Americans to call amid the COVID-19 pandemic., The IRS posted a message on their official Twitter account warning people of scams over the coronavirus stimulus checks., Thinking about taxes? So are phone scammers! Criminals often pose as #IRS agents and try to steal your money and information. Read the signs in this #IRSTaxTip: https://t.co/D6ljuBHYuf, According to The Motley Fool site on April 14:, The $2.2 trillion economic stimulus package, formally known as the CARES Act, was signed into law about two weeks ago. And Economic Impact Payments -- often referred to as "stimulus checks" -- are already starting to show up in Americans\ bank accounts., However, the volume of payments processed so far is just a tiny fraction of those that will be paid out to qualifying households, who will receive as much as $1,200 per adult and $500 per qualifying child under 17.", Lead Stories is working with the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance, a coalition of more than 100 fact-checkers who are fighting misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about the alliance here., Alexis Tereszcuk is a writer and fact checker at Lead Stories and\xa0an award-winning journalist who spent over a decade breaking hard news and celebrity scoop with RadarOnline and Us Weekly.\n\nAs the Entertainment Editor, she investigated Hollywood stories and conducted interviews with A-list celebrities and reality stars. \xa0\n\nAlexis’ crime reporting earned her spots as a contributor on the Nancy Grace show, CNN, Fox News and Entertainment Tonight, among others., Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, deceptive or\n      inaccurate stories (or media) making the rounds on the internet.\n      \n      Spotted something? Let us know!., Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, deceptive or\n        inaccurate stories (or media) making the rounds on the internet.\n        \n        Spotted something? Let us know!.
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