Earlier this week, the Justice Department initiated legal actions against 21 people around the country who were operating a variety of Coronavirus related scams, many of which I have warned you about for the last two years.   Some of the scams involved the sale of phony vaccination cards, selling fake test results and luring people into taking unnecessary tests and telehealth visits.  One of the biggest accused scammers was a New York cardiologist who billed Medicare and Medicaid for 1.3 million dollars of unnecessary tests and even tests that were not even performed.

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Here is a link to a Scam of the day from August 2021 in which I warned you about scams related to phony vaccination cards.  https://scamicide.com/2021/08/23/scam-of-the-day-august-24-2021-counterfeit-covid-19-vaccination-cards/

Here is a link to a Scam of the day from May 2021 in which I warned you about phony Coronavirus treatment scams  https://scamicide.com/2021/05/24/scam-of-the-day-may-25-2021-beware-of-phony-coronavirus-prevention-products/

All in all, I have written about more than 200 Coronavirus related scams since the start of the pandemic.  For those of you receiving the Scam of the day through an email, I just want to remind you that if you want to see the ever increasing list of Coronavirus scams go to the first page of the http://www.scamicide.com website and click on the tab at the top of the page that indicates “Coronavirus Scams.”  Scamicide was cited by the New York Times as one of three top sources for information about Coronavirus related scams.

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