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Don't Fall For It: Victim Loses $1.6K In Facebook COVID-19 Scam, Police Say Don't Fall For It: Victim Loses $1.6K In Facebook COVID-19 Scam, Police Say
Don't Fall For It: Victim Loses $1.6K In Facebook Covid-19 Scam, Police Say Local law enforcement agencies are warning area residents to be wary of a Facebook scam as fraudsters continue exploiting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. On Sunday, June 14, police investigators in New York received a complaint from a local resident who claimed she was scammed through Facebook. According to police, the victim alleged that she received a private message from a contact on her “friends list” that stated she was stranded out of the country due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The scammer then asked for money to get back to the country. Police said that the victim delivered …

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by Zak Failla