Marketing schemes are offering tests for COVID-19 and “Senior Care Packages” with hand sanitizer or even touting a vaccine that doesn’t exist, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General. Some marketers falsely claim that the president has ordered that seniors get tested. It’s all a trick to get personal information that can be used to bill federal and state health programs. Read a story from the Associated Press.
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