Pranksters are trying to develop new schemes to exploit the fear caused by the Corona pandemic. Some are preparing fake sites to check "Covid-19", and impersonating doctors and virus scientists on the websites, or in medical pages specially created by specialized gangs, and others are buying medical supplies in huge quantities to sell them at high prices towards what was published by the Dubai Future Futures Observatory. About the "New York Times".
The New York Times quoted Lawyer G. Zachary Terfelger “We see widespread fraud and fraud in all areas, from simple technical fields to sophisticated systems.”
One such case is that some scammers wear doctors ’clothes to sell multiple Corona virus tests in the garage of American shopping stores for more than $ 240 per test, and collect credit card information and social security numbers to steal victims’ personalities.
Government agencies announced that about 100 people were victims of pranksters, before they fled. The US Federal Trade Commission announced a massive surge in pandemic complaints.
The number of complaints reached more than 8,000 complaints since the beginning of this year. "Frauds are following the main news and this is what we are seeing in this case as well," the consumer protection lawyer at the Federal Trade Commission told the New York Times.
In the United States, federal governments monitor visible cases of fraud, such as when medical materials are stored and sold to doctors at more than 700% more than the normal price.
"The current situation allows the fraudsters to unleash their tricks, to catch the victims," Terfelger said.