ORLANDO, Fla. – Scammers base their strategies on the times, and according to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), which tracks scams and bad practices, COVID-19 is no different.The BBB has seen 96 complaints in Florida related to coronavirus, according to their nationwide Scam Tracker.“These scammers are saying to consumers, ‘We have treatments’, or, ‘We have a vaccine’.
They are making themselves seem like they have the answers to those concerns when in fact they don’t,” said Erika Urdaneta, Vice President of Operations for the BBB in Central Florida.Situations like this are part of the reason the Department of Homeland Security has relaunched a crime-fighting effort called Operation Stolen Promise 2.0.