With so many people sheltering in place as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the FTC has cleverly taken this as an opportunity to provide homebound people with a game to play that helps raise awareness of the scams that we are all facing in increasing numbers.  The game is called FTC Scam Bingo.  You cover a square when you identify a scam targeting you by phone, email or text message and cover other squares when you take action to avoid scams, such as by hanging up on a robocall.  The scams picked by the FTC are all current scams being reported.  Here is the FTC Scam Bingo card.

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The FTC suggests that you print out the bingo card and share it on social media and ask your friends to play as well.  With many of us having a lot of time on our hands, reminding ourselves about scams to be avoided and steps to take to avoid scams is indeed a good way to pass the time.

I also want to remind you of the new section of the Scamicide website exclusively dedicated to Coronavirus scams. You can locate the page by going to the top of the http://www.scamicide.com website and clicking on the link to “Coronavirus Scams.”

If you are not a subscriber to Scamicide.com and would like to receive daily emails with the Scam of the day, all you need to do is to go to the bottom of the initial page of http://www.scamicide.com and click on the tab that states “Sign up for this blog.”