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With the COVID-19 vaccines come the accompanying schemes. Will you recognize them?
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
MIAMI Flim-flam men, identity thieves and other sketchy types waited for the COVID-19 vaccine with as much anticipation as the rest of the American public, but for a different reason another foundation for fraud.
Although the Pfizer and Moderna versions of the vaccines acquired FDA approval within the last two weeks, the FBI, Health Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services already are hearing about vaccine-based scams.
Some scams want your money. Some want your information.
Here’s how to recognize them:
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The FBI is warning that fraudsters are exploiting the recent news surrounding the availability of COVID-19 vaccines to launch schemes to steal personal information and money.
The warning issued this week included input from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The alert notes that scams may involve offers for early access to vaccines by paying in advance, requests for cash to receive a vaccine or to get added to a waiting list as well as offers to ship doses of the vaccine in exchange of money transfers.
FBI warns of ongoing COVID-19 vaccine related fraud schemes
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US federal agencies have warned about scammers exploiting the public s interest in the COVID-19 vaccine to harvest personal information and steal money through multiple ongoing and emerging fraud schemes.
The warning was issued earlier today through the FBI National Press Office by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The FBI, HHS-OIG, and CMS have received complaints of scammers using the public’s interest in COVID-19 vaccines to obtain personally identifiable information (PII) and money through various schemes, the joint statement says.
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