COVID-19 Insurance Scams

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 00:16:15 -0400
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There are many efforts underway to steal information and money through insurance scams. Some of the recent scams involve:

Fake "corona" insurance,

Bogus calls warning that your health insurance was cancelled,

Offers of all sorts of coronavirus medications,

Robocalls offering "special virus test kits" and asking for Medicare numbers, SSNs, insurance information, and other medical information, and

Fake coronavirus travel insurance.

As mentioned in the article:

Caution is your best corona vaccine:

Never give out your personal info unless you requested. This includes medical, healthcare policy, SSN, credit or other info to a stranger or robocall. It’s a scam.

Don’t click on emails, attachments, weblinks or social-media posts unless they’re from people or organizations you know.

Hang up on recorded robocalls or live callers pitching low-cost insurance, or who ask for your personal information unsolicited.

Don’t click on links from unknown sources in a text message or e-mail. The links could download viruses or malware.

Ignore online offers for vaccinations. There currently are no vaccines, pills, “organic” or other prescription or over-the-counter products for coronavirus.

Article: https://www.insurancefraud.org/blog/mar-2020/lets-vaccinate-against-corona-insur