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Three fraudsters who went on the run after being convicted of carrying out a multimillion-dollar Covid-19 relief scam have been captured in Montenegro, U.S. law enforcement sources said Wednesday.
Sep. 5—The Federal Trade Commission gives information on the latest scam involving Medicare and COVID-19 kits and what to do if a person becomes a victim of the scam. 1 What is the scam? In June ...
In this variation of COVID-19 scams, the fraudster claims that the victim is eligible for a COVID-19 benefit payment. This scam is a derivative of the advance-fee scam, where the scammer will ask the victim for a small payment in return for the 'benefit'. The scammer will then ask for further payments under the guise of problems, until the ...
That total is for a range of fraudulent Medicare claims related to COVID-19. If 2022 was the year of free COVID-19 test kits for many California seniors, 2023 is shaping up to be the year of ...
While most junk email can seem like a minor annoyance, certain types of email can cause problems for not only you but other people you email. Sometimes these emails can contain dangerous viruses or malware that can infect your computer by downloading attached software, screensavers, photos, or offers for free products.
Authorities are tracking complaints from New Yorkers who received unsolicited COVID-19 test kits in the mail as historically costly pandemic-era fraud continues to threaten taxpayers and consumers.
Investigating reports of the supposed scam, Snopes noted that all purported scam targets only reported being victimized after hearing about the scam in news reports. Snopes had contacted the Better Business Bureau, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Consumer Federation of America, none of whom could provide evidence of an individual having been financially defrauded after receiving one of ...
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