COVID-19 scams are scams whose cover story primarily relies on the existence of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have been reported in multiple countries, primarily...
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Voice phishing (section COVID-19 Scams)
Business and investment scams Scammers pose as financial experts to convince victims to offer money for investments. Charity scams Scammers pose as charity...
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departure from conventional financial scams by integrating psychological manipulation. This early phase of these scams primarily targeted local populations...
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of the situation, making them easy targets for scams. Many false claims about measures against COVID-19 have circulated widely on social media, but some...
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variety of unfounded conspiracy theories and other misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines have spread based on misunderstood or misrepresented science,...
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for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. The spread of COVID-19 misinformation by governments has also been significant. Commercial scams have claimed to...
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the COVID-19 Temporary Relief Fund (TRF), which is supposed to provide financial assistance to those eligible. A total of 394 COVID-19-related scams occurred...
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Fraud factory (redirect from Scam factory)
article about the Southeast Asian scams and human trafficking industry and was coined by Jan Santiago of the Global Anti-Scam Organization (GASO), a victims...
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal was part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...
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Crime in South Africa (section COVID-19 scams)
scams such as advance fee fraud, pyramid schemes and fly-by-night operators. In response, the SAPS established a project which identified 419 scams and...
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany has resulted in 38,437,756 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 174,979 deaths. On 27 January 2020, the first case in Germany...
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$200 billion per year, making the widespread demand for a COVID‑19 vaccine vulnerable to counterfeit, theft, scams, and cyberattacks throughout the supply chain....
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"Vaccine passports: How to prove you've gotten your COVID-19 shots for travel and avoid scams". USA Today. Retrieved July 16, 2021. Otterman S (June...
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The COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to England with two cases among Chinese nationals staying in a hotel in York on 31 January 2020...
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome...
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Sean (December 21, 2021). "Secret Service accelerates crackdown on Covid-19 scams". CNN. Retrieved December 21, 2021. "Review of U.S. Park Police Actions...
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accused multiple Jews who had dual citizenship with Israel of creating a COVID-19 "scam" during a board meeting at Marathon County's Health and Human Services...
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days, was completed in March 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India. The original score of Scam 1992, was composed by Achint Thakkar. The theme...
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from the original on 13 April 2020. Harvey, Dr Ken (14 April 2020). "COVID-19 Scams: Hydrogen Technologies Pty Ltd". Medreach Pty Ltd. Hawthorn, Vic. Archived...
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to locate, take down, and punish the callers, helping shut down the COVID-19 scams in just days. YouMail virtual numbers provide a second phone number...
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain has resulted in 13,980,340 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 121,852 deaths. The virus was first confirmed to have spread...
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...
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territories of the United States of America confirmed its first case of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 15, 2020, and the first death on March 22. The Government...
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The COVID-19 pandemic in California began earlier than in some other parts of the United States. Ten of the first 20 confirmed COVID-19 infections in...
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The National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (Malay: Program Imunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan), abbreviated as NIP or PICK, was a national vaccination campaign...
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The COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed in the Indian state of West Bengal on 17 March 2020 in Kolkata. The Health and Family Welfare department of Government...
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2021–2023 inflation surge (redirect from Covid-19 inflation)
Following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a worldwide surge in inflation began in mid-2021 and lasted until mid-2022. Many countries saw their highest inflation...
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6, 2020. Stephanie Atkinson (March 16, 2020). "Warning About COVID-19 Investment Scams". Novascotia.ca (Press release). Government of Nova Scotia, Canada...
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many scams designed to prey on the elderly, both online and in person. He then discovered "Lenny", a loop of vague pre-recorded messages that scam baiters...
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Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have occurred around the world. There have been several protests against lockdowns and other restrictions...
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