Coronavirus: Scammers con face mask buyers out of £800k

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Fraudsters swindle £800,000 out of people attempting to buy protective face masks amid coronavirus fears

Fraudsters have swindled more than £800,000 out of people who attempted to buy protective face masks amid fears over the coronavirus outbreak.coronavirusTen of the cases were made by victims who attempted to purchase protective face masks from fake sellers.Fourth person dies in UK after contracting coronavirus

In a statement, the NFIB said:"We have also received multiple reports about coronavirus-themed phishing emails attempting to trick people into opening malicious attachments or revealing sensitive personal and financial information."One common tactic used by fraudsters is to contact potential victims over email purporting to be from research organisation's affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organisation .

 

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Despite being told facemasks don't work at all.... They deserve to lose the money for being idiots. Call it a twat tax

People need to wake up understand learn for security reasons to stop answering emails dont click on any links, just delet or report it or purchase anywhere else be careful check, purchasing from fake sellers all they after to trick con you they are after your money nothing eles

'Fears' caused by pumping out endless reports on this non-story. adamboultonSKY KayBurley BayKurley

and selling stolen sanitisers on eBay

Sorry but if people are stupid enough to buy them for ridiculous prices then they deserve to be stung.

People profiteering from the coronavirus get scammed.. love it!

How paranoid do you have to be to spend £15,000 on facemasks which aren't even guaranteed to work?

OMG!! I can't believe that people are making tons of money off this !!!! It's just WRONG.

What a shame

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