✴️AVAILABLE NOW – DRPS Information Regarding COVID-19 Frauds & Scams✴️
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Protect yourself, beware of:
- Spoofed government, healthcare or research information
- Unsolicited calls, emails and texts giving medical advice or requesting urgent action or payment
- Unauthorized or fraudulent charities requesting money for victims, products or research
- Don’t be pressured into making a donation
- Verify that a charity is registered
- High-priced or low-quality products purchased in bulk by consumers and resold for profit
- These items may be expired and/or dangerous to your health
- Questionable offers, such as:
- miracle cures
- herbal remedies
- vaccinations
- faster testing
- Fake and deceptive online ads, including:
- cleaning products
- hand sanitizers
- other items in high demand
- Cleaning and heating companies offering duct cleaning services or air filters to protect from COVID-19.
- Local and provincial hydro/electrical power companies threatening to disconnect your power for non-payment.
- Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, or the World Health Organization, offering fake lists for sale of COVID-19 infected people in your neighbourhood.
- Public Health Agency of Canada giving false results saying you have been tested positive for COVID-19 and/or tricking people into confirming health card/credit card numbers for a prescription.
- Red Cross (and other known charities) offering free medical products, like masks, for a donation.
- Government departments sending out COVID-19 themed phishing emails, tricking you into opening malicious attachments and/or revealing sensitive personal and financial details.
- Financial advisors pressuring people to invest in hot new stocks related to COVID-19 and/or offering financial aid/loads to help you get through the shut downs.
- Door-to-door sales people selling household decontamination services.
- Private companies selling fast COVID-19 tests and fraudulent products that claim to treat or prevent the virus.
Other Resources:
2020.03.11 COVID-19https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/03/27/fraud-and-coronavirus-covid-19.aspx
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