If you receive email from IRS with the instructions about how to receive stimulus payments, most likely that email is a phishing email. Wall Street Journal reports that scammers are sending such emails to steal your credit card information. These emails display photos of President Obama and Vice President Biden and claim to offer people their portion of stimulus package. As in all other phishing emails, if you click the link in the email you will be taken to fake website where your identity and/or credit card information will be stolen.

Federal Trade Commission says that the IRS never asks for personal information via email. If you receive any such email do not click any links in it. Forward such emails to phishing@irs.gov so that IRS can track the scammers.