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Scammers Are Profiting from the COVID-19 Pandemic

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This is a WARNING from the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General:

Scammers are trying to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • They may show up at your door claiming to have tests for the disease.
  • They may send ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ text messages and say you were exposed to the virus.
  • They may call you and pretend your doctor sent them.

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐โ€™๐“ ๐€๐’๐Š ๐…๐Ž๐‘ โ€“ ๐๐„๐–๐€๐‘๐„! ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฆ. ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ. ๐‡๐š๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ. ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž.

Contact your medical provider immediately to verify anyone who claims to be reaching out on their behalf. If they state they are from ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž or that you can use your ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž to cover these tests, report this to our California Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) at 1-855-613-7080. #SMPwatchCOVID19

 

COVID-19 Fraud Alert

Scammers are trying to use the #COVID19 pandemic to scare you and steal your personal information. If someone offers you services YOU DID NOT ASK FOR โ€“ BEWARE! It could be a scam.

Posted by HHS Office of Inspector General on Friday, May 22, 2020

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