SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla — Scammers will prey on anyone, anytime, and the pandemic has brought on new ways and reason for them to prey on innocent people. Monica Eaton-Cardone is the COO & co-founder of Chargebacks911. She joined GDL to warn viewers about a number of coronavirus related scams and schemes she has been seeing, and what we can do to make sure we don’t fall victim, too.
The latest scams to look out for include, according to Chargebacks 911:
-- Fake sales promotions (via email, texts, Social Media, etc.) for hard-to-find items: masks, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, tests
-- Fake charities (seeking donations)
-- Fake offers to help you receive your stimulus checks faster
-- Bogus financial offers for desperate, hurting people
-- Phishing schemes
-- Scammers taking advantage of at-home workers by mimicking business email addresses and then trying to access sensitive info/data
-- Fake apps that claim to track COVID cases, but are actually spyware
-- Some sites are even selling blood & saliva of COVID "survivors"(!) -- plus other bogus "cures"
-- Fake websites/applications for small biz loans
-- Because of the lockdown, many people are using eCommerce for the first time (or much more frequently than before), and these people aren't always the most "savvy" consumers/knowledgeable about cyber-scams. Criminals are preying on their naivety.
-- Scary Fact: Nearly 10 percent of all domain registrations for websites related to the coronavirus were either confirmed to be malicious, or strongly suspected of being malicious.
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