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November 18, 2020 www.DesertMessenger.com 5 Scam alert Did you miss a Quartzsite COUNCIL MEETING? Watch them on line at www.QuartzsiteVideos.com Council videos Read Desert Messenger online! Sign up for free email alerts when the Desert Messenger becomes available online! Join thousands reading the paper online at: www.DesertMessengerOnline.com D & B 25 TONS OF LEATHER! 205 W. Main St. & Tyson Wash (behind Dorothy & Toto's Ice Cream) Quartzsite, AZ Open 7 days/week Nov. - mid-March 702-465-5137 BERTHA IS BACK! SCRAP $ 2 LB SCRAP $ 2 LB Leather Belts & Buckles - Craft - Tooling Buffalo - Deer - Elk - Goat Sheep - Cow - with or without hair New Zealand Sheepskin - Tooling Ladigo Texas RV Park DRY CAMPING! Behind Silly Al's Smiley: 928-662-7143 Welcome Back Snowbirds! QIA OFFICE NOW OPEN 9am-12 noon Mon-Fri Please come by and pick up a Calendar of Events! QIA IS QUARTZSITE OFF ROAD HEADQUARTERS! Meet and Greet Wednesday 10 am in Bingo Hall • CRAFT FAIR 9AM & YARD SALE 8AM 1 ST SATURDAY DEC. 5- 9am • BINGO FRIDAY NIGHTS Doors open at 5pm. Early Birds at 6:30pm • MEMBERSHIP MEETING Tuesday Dec. 1st at 2pm DANCES & ENTERTAINMENT: • OPEN MIKE Thursdays 6:30pm • 2nd & 4th Thursdays 6:30pm Gospel Open Mike • 1st & 3rd Thursdays 6:pm Country Open Mike • Nov 28 Travelers Dance 7pm Pick up a calendar and come join in the fun! QIAARIZONA.ORG 928-927-6325 Subject to change The annual Christmas Light Pa- rade sponsored by the Quartzsite Area Chamber of Commerce in coop- eration with the Town of Quartzsite will be held on December 5th 2020 starting at 7 p.m. The theme this year is "A Season of Hope!" Start thinking now about your fl oat or entry for the parade and join in all the fun of this wonderful light parade that brings the Christmas spirit to all of us!!! There is no entry fee. All en- tries are welcome as long as they are in the theme of Christmas and are lit so the judges can see them well. Line up starts at 6 p.m. in the be- hind of the Quartzsite Improvement Association (QIA), 235 E. Ironwood St. The parade will travel east on Main St. to Plymouth Rd. where it will turn left onto N. Plymouth Rd. and head north to the Dance Slab at Town Park. This year the judges stand will be located at the corner of N. Plymouth & E. Quail Trail, across from Town Hall. If you would like to be a judge for the parade please con- tact the Chamber at 928-927-5200. Following the parade, Town of Quartzsite will host the After Party at the Community Center with re- freshments and presentation of awards. Face coverings will be re- quired at the park and please prac- tice social distancing. Applications for the parade are now available at the Quartzsite Chamber & Tourism and must be turned in be- fore December 3th to be able to get into the parade. There is no entry fee. All entries are welcome as long as they are in the theme of Christmas and are lit so the judges can see them well. Entrants should pick their num- bers at the Chamber by Friday 2pm. For more information, or to receive an application for the parade, please come in to the Chamber offi ce at 1240 W. Main St., or call 928-927-5200. The Chamber is open Wed. Thurs, Friday, & Saturday 10am-2pm. Christmas Light Parade set for Dec. 5 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the tax industry are warning of a new text scam created by thieves that trick people into disclosing bank account information under the guise of receiving the $1,200 Economic Impact Payment. The IRS, states and industry, work- ing together as the Security Sum- mit, remind taxpayers that neither the IRS nor state agencies will ever text taxpayers asking for bank ac- count information so that an EIP deposit may be made. "Criminals are relentlessly using COVID-19 and Economic Impact Payments as cover to try to trick tax- payers out of their money or identi- ties," said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig. "This scam is a new twist on those we've been seeing much of this year. We urge people to remain alert to these types of scams." The scam text message states: "You have received a direct deposit of $1,200 from COVID-19 TREAS FUND. Further action is required to accept this payment into your ac- count. Continue here to accept this payment …" The text includes a link to a fake phishing web address. This fake phishing URL, which ap- pears to come from a state agency or relief organization, takes recipi- ents to a fraudulent website that impersonates the IRS.gov Get My Payment website. Individuals who visit the fraudulent website and then enter their personal and fi - nancial account information will have their information collected by these scammers. People who receive this text scam should take a screen shot of the text message that they received and then include the screenshot in an email to phishing@irs.gov with the following information: • Date/Time/Timezone that they received the text message • The number that appeared on their Caller ID • The number that received the text message • The IRS does not send unsolic- ited texts or emails. The IRS does not call people with threats of jail or lawsuits, nor does it demand tax payments on gift cards. People who believe they are eligible for the Economic Impact Payment should go directly to IRS.gov. Peo- ple who do not have a fi ling require- ment but who are eligible for EIP can use a non-fi lers tool on IRS.gov until November 21 to claim their payment.

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