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Department of Revenue warns of COVID-19 scams Studded tire deadline
The Oregon Department
of Revenue is warning tax-
payers of calls and email
phishing attempts related
to the novel coronavirus, or
COVID-19, pandemic and
federal government relief
payments. These scams can
lead to tax-related fraud and
identity theft.
Taxpayers should watch
not only for emails but text
messages, websites, and social
media attempts that request
money or personal informa-
tion.
“Oregon taxpayers should
take extra precaution to
guard their personal infor-
mation from these unscru-
pulous scam attempts,” said
Oregon Department of Reve-
nue Director Nia Ray. “Most
people who qualify to receive
a stimulus check do not need
to sign up, apply, or verify any
personal information, online
or elsewhere.”
The Department of Reve-
nue and the IRS remind tax-
payers that scammers may:
• Emphasize the words
“stimulus check” or “stimulus
payment.” The official term is
economic impact payment.
• Ask the taxpayer to sign
over their economic impact
payment check to them.
• Ask by phone, email, text,
or social media for verifica-
tion of personal and/or bank-
ing information saying that
the information is needed to
receive or speed up their eco-
nomic impact payment.
• Suggest they can get a tax
refund or economic impact
payment faster by working
on the taxpayer’s behalf. This
scam could be conducted by
social media or even in per-
son.
• Mail the taxpayer a bo-
gus check, perhaps in an odd
amount, then tell the taxpay-
er to call a number or verify
information online in order
to cash it.
Taxpayers should look out
for phishing emails asking
them to verify their personal
information in order to re-
ceive an economic stimulus
check from the government.
While talk of economic
stimulus checks has been in
the news cycle, government
agencies are not sending un-
solicited emails seeking tax-
payers’ private information
in order to send them mon-
ey. Phishing emails may also
claim to be related to: Char-
itable contributions, general
financial relief, airline carrier
refunds, fake cures and vac-
cines, as well as fake testing
kits.
The IRS doesn’t initiate
contact with taxpayers by
email, text messages, or so-
cial media channels to re-
quest personal or financial
information. People should
be alert to scammers posing
as the IRS to steal personal
information. The IRS initi-
ates most contacts through
regular mail delivered by the
United States Postal Service.
Those who receive unso-
licited emails, text messages,
or social media attempts to
gather information that ap-
pear to be from either the
IRS or an organization closely
linked to the IRS, such as the
Electronic Federal Tax Pay-
ment System should forward
it to phishing@irs.gov.
Taxpayers are encouraged
not to engage potential scam-
mers online or on the phone.
Learn more about reporting
suspected scams by going to
the Report Phishing and On-
line Scams page on IRS.gov.
Official IRS information
about the COVID-19 pan-
demic and economic impact
payments can be found on
the Coronavirus Tax Relief
page on IRS.gov. The page is
updated quickly when new
information is available.
For more info on protec-
tion, or what to do if they’re
a victim of identity theft, visit
irs.gov, consumer.ftc.gov or
www.oregon.gov/dor.
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extended until May 15
SALEM — Oregon driv-
ers will not be required to
remove studded tires until
11:59 p.m. Friday, May 15.
The deadline had previ-
ously been extended from
April 1 to May 1.
While studded tires are
allowed in Oregon by law
from Nov. 1 through March
31, the Oregon Department
of Transportation decided
to again extend that dead-
line in response to the con-
tinuing public health emer-
gency of COVID-19.
ODOT encourages driv-
ers to have their studded
tires removed before May
15 if it can reasonably be
done while maintaining so-
cial distancing.
For additional informa-
tion about the state’s efforts
in response to COVID-19,
visit the Oregon Health
Authority website at gov-
status.egov.com/OR-OHA-
COVID-19. For additional
information about steps
ODOT is taking to slow the
spread of the virus, please
visit www.oregon.gov/odot/
pages/incident.aspx.
Expect delays on Highway
126 for tree removal
A tree removal safety
project will cause delays
on Highway 126, the Flor-
ence-Eugene
Highway,
about one mile east of the
tunnel for the next two
weeks. An Oregon De-
partment of Transportation
maintenance crew will be
removing trees from the
state’s right of way to en-
hance safety for travelers at
mileposts 20-22.
The work is scheduled
weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. starting on Monday,
April 20, and lasting the
next two weeks.
At least one lane of travel
will be open with flaggers
controlling two-way traffic.
Travelers should expect de-
lays.
For more information
about road conditions,
check www.tripcheck.com.
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