Unfortunately, fraud reports have spiked due to uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and scammers exploiting the crisis to find new ways to cash in at the expense of residents. Hilary Sloane offers these examples from the Federal Trade Commission of common frauds and tips on how to recognize them to avoid being scammed…
Learn how to tell the difference between a real contact tracer and a scammer. Legitimate tracers need health information, not money or personal financial information. Ignore offers for vaccinations and home test kits. Scammers are selling products to treat or prevent COVID-19 without proof that they work.
Hang up on robocalls. Scammers are using illegal robocalls to pitch everything from low-priced health insurance to COVID-19 test kits and vaccines to work-at-home schemes.
Do your homework when it comes to donations. Never donate in cash, by gift card, or by wiring money.
