{"id":18227,"date":"2020-03-26T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=18227"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:03","slug":"beware-of-covid-19-coronavirus-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/26\/beware-of-covid-19-coronavirus-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of COVID-19 coronavirus scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"laptop screen that says: Coronavirus scams\" class=\"wp-image-18229\"\/><figcaption>(Pixabay\/CDC)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scammers are taking advantage of the fear and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus. Some of the most common scams include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fraudulent cure and treatment offers<\/li><li>Fake charities<\/li><li>Misinformation from scammers posing as experts<\/li><li>Phishing<\/li><li>Tracking maps that trick you into downloading malware<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/be-aware\/scams\/coronavirus\"><strong>Coronavirus Scams<\/strong><\/a> on Safe Computing for more details. ITS Information Assurance is keeping the page up-to-date with new scams as they are reported.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scammers are taking advantage of the fear and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus. Some of the most common scams include: Fraudulent cure and treatment offers Fake charities Misinformation from scammers posing as experts Phishing Tracking maps that trick you into downloading malware See Coronavirus Scams on Safe Computing for more details. ITS Information Assurance is keeping the page\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/26\/beware-of-covid-19-coronavirus-scams\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":18229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[810,500,23],"class_list":["post-18227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-computing","tag-covid","tag-scams","tag-security"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-e1585509353863.jpg",747,420,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-200x113.jpg",200,113,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-768x432.jpg",665,374,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-700x394.jpg",600,338,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-e1585509353863.jpg",747,420,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-e1585509353863.jpg",747,420,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-665x374.jpg",665,374,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CoronavirusScams_laptop-e1585509353863.jpg",400,225,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Matt Ranville, ITS Privacy Office","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mrr\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Scammers are taking advantage of the fear and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus. Some of the most common scams include: Fraudulent cure and treatment offers Fake charities Misinformation from scammers posing as experts Phishing Tracking maps that trick you into downloading malware See Coronavirus Scams on Safe Computing for more details. 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