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The Covid-19 Pandemic Is Making Everyone More Susceptible to Scams
Thieves have used fake calls, fake texts, fake puppies, fake arrest warrants and more to steal millions of dollars this year.
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There’s one group of people for whom 2020 couldn’t have been more perfect if they’d scripted it themselves: scammers.
A world ravaged by Covid-19 has all of the elements long identified by researchers as key reasons why fraud thrives in the aftermath of disasters: emotional upheaval, financial distress and the rupture of regular support networks.