From fake stimulus checks to Medicare fraud, here's how scammers are using the coronavirus to their advantage.
, says many of her clients are seniors, who tend to be targets of all types of scams. In light of the pandemic, she’s seen a couple of new scams making the rounds.
Unfortunately, there is currently no coronavirus treatment or vaccine ― if there were, we wouldn’t be facing a national crisis right now. “I urge people to contact the person who requested you to do something via an internal channel like Slack or an SMS to confirm it was them,” Sadler said. Scammers are also impersonating trusted institutions such as the World Health Organization, insurance companies, and banks.
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