{"id":3605,"date":"2020-04-14T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/?p=3605"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:06:27","slug":"pandemic-causes-additional-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/14\/pandemic-causes-additional-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Causes Additional Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus.png\" alt=\"covid-19 logo\" class=\"wp-image-3548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus.png 810w, https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-600x277.png 600w, https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-768x355.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been our customer for a long time or if you&#8217;ve read my blog posts, you know we&#8217;re always talking about scams.  These scams come in the form of phone calls, pop-ups and fake web pages.  They also come in emails and text messages.  Under normal circumstances, these scams are bad.  Unfortunately, our current Covid-19 pandemic has caused the number and intensity of these scams to explode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at the warnings I&#8217;ve been getting from the FBI in just the last few days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/pressrel\/press-releases\/fbi-warns-of-emerging-health-care-fraud-schemes-related-to-covid-19-pandemic?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=national-press-releases&amp;utm_content=%5B799525%5D-%2Fnews%2Fpressrel%2Fpress-releases%2Ffbi-warns-of-emerging-health-care-fraud-schemes-related-to-covid-19-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Warns of Emerging Health Care Fraud Schemes Related to COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/pressrel\/press-releases\/fbi-expects-a-rise-in-scams-involving-cryptocurrency-related-to-the-covid-19-pandemic?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=national-press-releases&amp;utm_content=%5B799524%5D-%2Fnews%2Fpressrel%2Fpress-releases%2Ffbi-expects-a-rise-in-scams-involving-cryptocurrency-related-to-the-covid-19-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Expects a Rise in Scams Involving Cryptocurrency Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/pressrel\/press-releases\/fbi-warns-of-advance-fee-and-bec-schemes-related-to-procurement-of-ppe-and-other-supplies-during-covid-19-pandemic?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=national-press-releases&amp;utm_content=%5B799523%5D-%2Fnews%2Fpressrel%2Fpress-releases%2Ffbi-warns-of-advance-fee-and-bec-schemes-related-to-procurement-of-ppe-and-other-supplies-during-covid-19-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Warns of Advance Fee and BEC Schemes Related to Procurement of PPE and Other Supplies During COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/stories\/protect-yourself-from-covid-19-scams-040620?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=fbi-top-stories&amp;utm_content=%5B798321%5D-%2Fnews%2Fstories%2Fprotect-yourself-from-covid-19-scams-040620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Protect Your Wallet\u2014and Your Health\u2014from Pandemic Scammers<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides these legitimate warnings I&#8217;ve been getting from the FBI, I&#8217;ve received a ton of fake Coronavirus-related emails.  These emails include trying to sell me face masks, gloves and more.  Here are a couple of screenshots of two of them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam001-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fake email regarding face masks\" class=\"wp-image-3607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam001-1.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam001-1-600x449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam001-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam001-1-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam002.jpg\" alt=\"Fake email regarding protection masks\" class=\"wp-image-3608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam002.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam002-600x390.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam002-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam002-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fake_virus_scam002-368x240.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>My words of caution: be leery of any emails you receive trying to sell you virus-related products.  There is no vaccine at this point, there are no private companies selling you test kits.  Just be careful with anything related to the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been our customer for a long time or if you&#8217;ve read my blog posts, you know we&#8217;re always talking about scams. These scams come in the form of phone calls, pop-ups and fake web pages. They also come in emails and text messages. Under normal circumstances, these scams are bad. Unfortunately, our current &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/14\/pandemic-causes-additional-scams\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pandemic Causes Additional Scams<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-info"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pandemic Causes Additional Scams - 4KCC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/14\/pandemic-causes-additional-scams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pandemic Causes Additional Scams - 4KCC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you&#8217;ve been our customer for a long time or if you&#8217;ve read my blog posts, you know we&#8217;re always talking about scams. 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