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05/01/2020
The most brazen COVID-19 blackmail scam yet
KimKomando
We’ve seen a lot of COVID-19 related scams appear in the past few weeks. In fact, the issue has become so disruptive that agencies like the FTC and FBI are warning consumers to tread cautiously when checking their emails or answering phone calls.
From stimulus check fraud to bogus cures and treatments, this cybercrime spike proves that scammers aren’t just working hard to steal your money, they’re paying attention to the news. Tap or click to see how to spot the fakes.
And just when you think these cybercriminals won’t go any lower, a new type of ransom scam has been found that threatens to infect victims with COVID-19 unless they pay up. Have scammers moved on to sending real viruses instead of digital ones? As it turns out, it’s nothing but a hoax — but the financial pain is all-too-real.
So much for honor among thieves. Amid a new wave of COVI-19-themed cybercrime, a new scam is attracting attention for how absurd and blatant it is. It functions like an ordinary sextortion or blackmail scam, but instead of just warning they’ll post pictures of you online, the scammer threatens to infect your whole family with COVID-19.
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