One scheme circulating on social media now is the threat of people in white lab coats approaching homes, pretending to be from a state's health department or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office told USA TODAY in an email that the department hasn’t made any arrests regarding this type of scam and that the Facebook post was “precautionary.”
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