Opportunists Use COVID-19 Pandemic for Profit

As the government is encouraging people to be aware of their health status, scammers found this as an opportunity to rob their money. Those people who were exposed to other people who are infected with the virus must report themselves to the nearest hospital for them to be monitored and analyzed. And for those who are not sure of their health, there are free tests offered by the health officials to determine the presence of the virus in someone's body.

The United States is on red alert, and it only got worse because of these scammers. They used robocalls to spread false information about Coronavirus and offered free test kits along with their health insurance. Authorities found these fraudulent actions, and authorities are finding clues and evidence to disclose where this scam came from.

The Cable News Network's KFile has gathered and investigated all the evidence regarding this matter. They listened and reviewed the data from these coronavirus robocalls using the protection app NoMoRobo. And they have found around more than sixty (60) different phone numbers claiming that they have free coronavirus test kits and that they also have health insurance together with these kits.

NoMoRobo is an application used to block all fraudulent calls, annoying advertisements, telemarketers, spam texts, and phone scammers. With this application, the owner of a telephone number will no longer receive text messages and calls offering things and promo to them.

There is also another robocall that they gathered. This time, the scam artists used the voice of President Donald Trump and ordered the callers to sign a petition banning the flights that are coming from China. They found out that these calls are not connected with the President. But the thing about this one is that they are not asking the people to raise money to support Trump, but instead, they are asking money to fund more robocalls.

But this Coronavirus robocall is very threatening for countless reasons. According to Aaron Foss, the founder, and creator of NomoRobo, because of all the information coming from different sectors of the government, it is tough to identify what to believe and whatnot. In addition to his statement, he also said that in this situation today, many people are in their homes, and they are all very much able to accept calls and be convinced by their offers and disclose their bank information.

So the authorities sought to help the consumers by informing them that if it is an unknown number calling, then it is better not to accept the call at all. If they do, they can block the number using the system in their phone or better yet report the number to the Federal Trade Communication.

So what is a robocall? A robocall is an illegal way of selling or offering whatsoever to the receiver unless the FTC has written permission from the consumer to call them that way. A legit call will only inform the consumer about information like their appointments, flights, school delays, and a call from a health provider informing the consumer to pick up their doctor's prescription.