The 19 Investigative Team is working with our partners at the Cuyahoga County Scam Squad to bring consumers a warning, scammers are taking advantage of the latest need for tests by selling phony ones online.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ever since the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus started spreading like wildfire, getting your hands on a COVID test has been nearly impossible.
Scammers are coming up with new and creative ways to profit off the pandemic. In some cases, they’re selling tests online that they’ll mail you that just simply won’t give you accurate results and in other cases, you’ll pay for a test and never even receive it. Not only that, but they’re also selling medications online that they claim will miraculously cure COVID or prevent you from ever getting it.
McConnell says the best way to know for sure if a company is legitimate, check them out on the Food and Drug Administration’s website. They have a list of FDA-approved testing kits. The FDA also has a list on its website of fraudulent COVID-19 products; a quick search shows dozens of phony at-home tests and so-called covid cures.
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