CNN (4/19, Kaur, Lee) reports “text messages and robocalls offering testing kits, bogus treatments or financial relief and claiming to be from government agencies have been reported” to the FTC and other government agencies.
The FTC “has already collected more than 20,000 complaints from all 50 states related to coronavirus.” CNN advises to “be on the lookout for emails, text messages or calls that claim they’re from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization (WHO) or other governmental agencies.” Meanwhile, “the Better Business Bureau says it’s gotten numerous reports of a scam impersonating the US Department of Health and Human Services.