This has to do with the covid-19 relief check for 600.00. A friend got an ATM card that they are asked to activate with a phone call. It is supposedly called a Economic Impact Payment card and it comes from Matabank. So far I hear of people getting checks or getting direct deposit. Anyone else with a blue "debit card?"
If you call to activate do not give any personal information, they already have it or you would not have received the card..
DD1 got the card as a scam, had to file a police report and freeze her credit.
HR director has received at least ten false unemployment claims. Son is in HR at a college nearby and he has received more than 100 false claims.
I still can't figure out why they choose one or another -- the IRS has had our bank info forever, but they sent a debit card the first time around, and I expect they'll do it again. Supposedly it was mailed January 6, and it still isn't here, so I'm not holding my breath. The first one took 2 1/2 months after the day it was mailed to arrive, and that was only after two calls to my member of Congress and three with the IRS.
Worked the same way as any debit card, was accepted in stores and by phone order. No problems whatsoever with it.