🌠 Deftly NOT falling prey to CoronaVirus scams?

Ever wake up one morning to the dawn of a new day and find yourself reading your email BEFORE your morning coffee…. and being tempted to click on a phishing email link?

There’s a multitude of reasons, of course, NOT to do this.

And one reason is that as always, scammers abound during tough times… and in this case, the scammers are trying to profit off of CoronaVirus, may all their souls rot in Hell or an endless DMV line that closes down the instant they arrive at the counter.

I recently came across more explanations of this over at the following (and be sure to return here once you’ve read, as I’ve discovered other great resources for you as well):

newspress.com/as-scammers-try-to-make-money-from-coronavirus-pandemic-u-s-law-enforcement-gives-tips-on-how-to-spot-and-stop-them/

The thrust of the article focuses on scam foods, like:

“The companies, including “Vital Silver” and “N-ergetics”, advertise products like teas, essential oils, and colloidal silver as able to treat or prevent coronavirus.

However, there are no approved products currently available to treat or prevent the virus, according to the FDA….”

Ick.

NOT falling prey to such things would make a great topic for a blog post as well. You could structure it like so:

Step 1.) Learn how to Identify phishing emails

Step 2.) Learn how to identify scams

Step 3.) Never click on suspicious links

Resources for the above include:

www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-avoid-phishing-scams

www.welivesecurity.com/2020/02/03/would-you-get-hooked-phishing-scam-test-yourself/

www.youtube.com/channel/UCm22FAXZMw1BaWeFszZxUKw

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ho7Gmjz_zY

www.csoonline.com/article/3397138/how-to-defend-against-scams-14-red-flags-everyone-needs-to-be-aware-of.html