Posted on Oct 18, 2021

Covid-related scams have bilked Americans out of $586 million

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"Consumers have lost $586 million to fraud linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission.

Americans filed more than 269,000 fraud complaints from the beginning of 2020 to Oct. 14, 2021, according to most recent federal data. (Consumers cited Covid, stimulus or related terms in the complaints.)"

Covid-related scams have bilked Americans out of $586 million

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PFC David Foster

Posted >1 y ago

It's worse than ever.... I swear, scammers call my mom and pop who are 91 and 88 at the very least, 5 times every day trying to scam them out of money.... It's crazy... they even try to convince my mom that they are her grandson....

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Covid-related scams have bilked Americans out of $586 million

Covid-related scams have bilked Americans out of $586 million

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