Scammers Set Up Fake Coronavirus Test Site
The Perfect Scam
AARP
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, scammers are taking advantage of this unprecedented time of fear and uncertainty. In this special episode, we'll hear from the Department of Justice about a new crop of coronavirus-related scams, including info on what to look out for and how to protect yourself. Then, Shannon, an essential worker and coronavirus survivor, shares her story of her encounter with a fake pop-up COVID-19 testing site in Kentucky.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on the perfect scam. |
| 0:03.0 | Their attack said something about the labs that they were working for and it had HIPAA but they had HIPAA spelled wrong. |
| 0:10.0 | This lady didn't even switch the gloves out when she swapped me and then they dawned on me. |
| 0:15.0 | What did they put in my mouth? |
| 0:17.0 | You know, you just you lose it. |
| 0:19.0 | I was in a state of panic. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome back to AARP's The Perfect Scamp. I'm your host Michelle Kaczynski. |
| 0:31.0 | This week, an urgent subject. While you are out there trying to stay |
| 0:35.2 | healthy and safe and afloat, thousands upon thousands of scammers have |
| 0:40.8 | slimmed their way out of the woodwork |
| 0:43.0 | and they're trying to get your money, |
| 0:45.8 | which is even more disgusting than it normally is, |
| 0:48.0 | because so many people are worried about their futures right now. |
| 0:51.0 | People are at home, online, and susceptible to scams claiming everything |
| 0:55.7 | from an all-out cure for coronavirus to payday loans. They're even tailoring old scams |
| 1:01.9 | like romance and impersonating the IRS or people's |
| 1:05.4 | grandkids to the COVID crisis. Right now the Justice Department is getting |
| 1:10.0 | thousands of calls a week, a week from people alerting them to what clearly smell like |
| 1:15.9 | scams. And even that, as usual, is the tip of the iceberg. This week, we'll take a closer look at the anatomy of scams in the time of crisis from a victim. |
| 1:27.8 | I was desperate and they took advantage of me. |
| 1:30.8 | As well as from a relentless scammer extraordinary. |
| 1:34.0 | Not only did I create the cure, but this pill right here is the prevention. |
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