The new government program offering free COVID test kits went live this week. That also meant a rise in people trying to scam or steal your information by.
PARIS, Aug 21 From the sophisticated to downright strange, the pandemic has set off a wave of scams around the world from bogus doses and fake vaccine passes to criminal cremations. Here are 10 of the most outrageous and nefarious frauds of the last few months: ‘Vaccination is optional’.
Getting Medicare calls or COVID-19 texts? Which should you answer?
Which texts or messages should you answer?
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If you get a text from the government asking COVID-19 questions, should you answer?
What if you or your parents were called about new Medicare cards. Do you respond?
With so many government scams going on right now, it s crucial you know which texts or calls are real.
Take the Census text going to people in Arizona and across the country.
Bobbie emailed wanting to know why the Census is asking COVID questions.
The text says, Official Census Bureau request: Please answer survey on COVID -19 crisis. And it comes with a link. Bobbie asks, is it a scam?
Spring break is right around the corner, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, many are still looking to travel.
If you re willing to travel there are a lot of deals for spring break and beyond, but among those deals are scams.
The biggest problem Troubleshooter Diane Wilson hears about often from viewers involves third-party booking sites.
While you may find deep discounts on these sites, if you read the fine print, you aren t booking directly with the hotel or airline, and when there is a problem, you often are not protected.
Travelers lost millions of dollars last year to vacation scams. Many of those losses involved travel companies that shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One example is Bookit.com which left customers with no trip and out thousands of dollars.