Transcript for FBI and FTC issue new warnings about alleged coronavirus scams

You've likely seen some of those tech's warning about corona virus frontal tonight there are new warnings from the FBI and FTC about a dramatic spike in scheme specifically. Once a prey on our fears of the corona virus ABC's Chief Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas. On what you need to know. Tonight a stark warning from the FBI has thousands of American consumers say they've been the target of Covert nineteen scams. The FTC reporting today more than 151000 complaints nearly doubling the number recorded last week. Almost twelve million dollars in losses and counting. He will review FBI making arrests after arrests including keep middle Brooke I. Created the cure for she'll be. In nineteen. See you VIP nineteen the corona virus this is it right here there is no cure in middle Brooke has been arrested and charged with attempted wire fraud. Accused of average housing a Paul's claim to lure investors this influenza tonight the state of Missouri is suing televangelists Jim Baker. After his TV show promoted the silver solution cure for coat with nineteen. Posted and a bottle that you could buy for eighty dollars because company says it was his guests who touted the product but they have stopped offering it. The litigation is pending and then there of those suspects robo calls. We can qualify you to get a free diabetic monitoring and a complimentary captain Kidd for corona virus. And web sites promising to deliver a corona virus vaccine. For a feed. When no such vaccine exists. We're joined now by appeared Thomas were all spending a lot of time and home and on line an and there are a lot of messages that are coming and a so how should we protect ourselves from these bad actors. Lindsay folks at home should ignore online offers for cures vaccinations and home test kits. Some of the stuff can be dangerous. They should hang up one robo calls numbered donate can cast my gift card or wire money to people selling cold mid nineteen products and they really troubling at this time all right Pierre Thomas thanks so much.

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