Scam Alert: Things a COVID Contact Tracer Wouldn’t Say

Scam Alert: Things a COVID Contact Tracer Wouldn’t Say
Genuine contact tracers will not ask for your social security number or send you links via text message. fizkes/Shutterstock
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State officials and federal agencies warn there’s a new phone scam circulating: Some callers posing as COVID-19 contact tracers try to pry credit card or bank account information from unsuspecting victims.

The grifters apparently are taking advantage of a genuine public health intervention intended to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus: contact tracing.

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