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05/11/2020
‘It’s like a gold rush for them:’ Seattle FBI says thieves are cashing in big on COVID scams
Q13 Fox News
Fraudsters capitalizing on people at their lowest point, it's an issue that law enforcement says is only getting worse.
Unemployment fraud, stimulus check ripoffs, even romance COVID-19 scams: it's taking a big toll on people's finances and taking away from crucial resources.
"It's like a gold-rush for them really. Unfortunately at this time with so many people filing for unemployment and so many people receiving stimulus checks, they're out there going wild," says Supervisory Special Agent, Ethan Via. He says the FBI has found what is a difficult time for so many, has become a scammers paradise.
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