This guy is Academy Award material. My mom can't operate her iPhone. So the fact that my mom was like figuring out how to launder money through a machine at the gas station

is like mind-boggling to me.

Welcome back to AARP's The Perfect Scamp. I'm Michelle Kaczynski and it is my

absolute pleasure to be your new host. I look forward to getting to know you and all those scams that are lurking out there

and we're finding some shocking ones. With me of course is Frank Abagnale.

Frank it's thrilling for me to meet you because I have long been a huge fan, and I have

to admit it was only a couple months ago, I Googled you after I once again saw the movie

based on your life, catch me if you can,

and I wondered what you've been up to lately.

So that's where I first heard about this great podcast,

and amazingly, and quite by happy coincidence, here we are.

That's great, nice to meet you and work with you, Michelle.

So I think we should get started by talking about, first of all, all of the scams that we're seeing now related to COVID-19 and how for

scammers the hard work has been done for them. People are already scared and

they're worried and they want to get tested and all of that. So what are you starting to see come out of the woodwork, Frank?

Those are the exact things I'm starting to see.

So I remind people all the time,

at this time there is no vaccine treatment or cure for COVID-19.

So you need to ignore offers online or in stores that claim to offer treatments for cures.

Scammers are always offering coronavirus testing, some even going door to door

and attempt to steal your health insurance or your Medicare information or to submit false claims.

Never provide your Medicare number to anyone but your own medical professionals.

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