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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 ...
A Dallas woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to scamming insurers out of more than $7 million for COVID-19 testing that was never actually performed, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of ...
A website and Twitter account that promotes misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and United States politics. [63] [64] [65] National News Bulletin nationalnewsbulletin.com Same Google Analytics ID as News Updates South Africa. [60] [61] The National Sun thenationalsun.com Same owners as Hot Global News. [62] [66] net-breaking.com
A 2020 study by researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, Northwestern and Rutgers universities found that older registered voters of all political orientations shared more COVID-19 stories from fake news websites on Twitter, with Republicans over the age of 65 being the most likely to share COVID-19 stories from fake news websites. [104]
The scam using doll faces to create false IDs made up a small part of the estimated $80bn in fraud connected to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to The Messenger.
A Framingham woman was ordered to pay $468,000 in restitution and sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a COVID-19 relief fund scam. Framingham businesswoman must pay $468,000, serve prison ...
Steve Powis, national medical director of NHS England, described theories linking 5G mobile-phone networks to COVID-19 as the "worst kind of fake news". [189] Viruses cannot be transmitted by radio waves, and COVID-19 has spread and continues to spread in many countries that do not have 5G networks. [190]
A Florida pastor and his son were arrested Wednesday, Dec. 14, on charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $8 million in federal Covid relief funds and attempting to use some of the money to ...