New and even more Creative Online Scams in the Time of Covid (Community Matters)
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guests for this episode are Roseann Freitas and Attila Seress.
Roseann Freitas of the Better Business Bureau and Attila Seress of Cylanda will discuss new and even more creative online scams in the time of covid. The Better Business Bureau recently issued a scam alert warning the community that scam artists posing as US government officials are luring would-be immigrants with the prospect of receiving one of the 50,000 visas granted by the Diversity Visa Program, otherwise known as the green card lottery. Although the State Department suspended routine visa services at all embassies and consulates back in March because of Covid-19, with all of the pandemic confusion scammers wave not passed up the opportunity to prey on unsuspecting victims.
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