Scammers using COVID-19 to target victims in new schemes
Scammers are preying on people using the Coronavirus, including saying you can pay them to get your vaccine early.
and last updated 2021-01-15 23:56:19-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Amid the confusion and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic are scammers preying on vulnerable consumers. All of this comes down to preying on people s fear of getting COVID and potentially having adverse effects, said Caleb Nix with the Better Business Bureau of Middle Tennessee. According to him, scammers are capitalizing on the coronavirus. One of the ones we recently had within the past couple of days was we ve actually seen someone that was trying to require a person to send gift-cards in order to sign up for a COVID test.