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Scammers use fake coronavirus testing site to rip people off for $240
Posted on 4/6/20 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 4/6/20 at 6:49 pm
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- State and local officials in Kentucky are warning against "pop-up" COVID-19 testing sites which offer quick results for cash. A self-proclaimed medical marketing company set up makeshift testing sites outside various churches in Louisville with workers dressed head to toe in hazmat gear. Metro Council President David James and Louisville advocates have been hunting down who they call fake COVID-19 testers, reported WDRB. Local officials said the scammers are charging more than $200 a test and using people's DNA and personal information. "It's really Medicaid fraud, is what it actually is. There is no reason that you should spend $240 dollars for a COVID test," James said. "And they're using the same gloves on Person A that they used on Person B, that they used on Person C." Officials said the group may be from Illinois, and believe they are the same people who claimed to test people's DNA for diseases last year. "They're the scum of the Earth and they're preying on the poorest of the poor, and I'm going to do everything in my power to get them the [explicit] out of Kentucky," James said. The experts at the Better Business Bureau warn that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- State and local officials in Kentucky are warning against "pop-up" COVID-19 testing sites which offer quick results for cash. A self-proclaimed medical marketing company set up makeshift testing sites outside various churches in Louisville with workers dressed head to toe in hazmat gear. Metro Council President David James and Louisville advocates have been hunting down who they call fake COVID-19 testers, reported WDRB. Local officials said the scammers are charging more than $200 a test and using people's DNA and personal information. "It's really Medicaid fraud, is what it actually is. There is no reason that you should spend $240 dollars for a COVID test," James said. "And they're using the same gloves on Person A that they used on Person B, that they used on Person C." Officials said the group may be from Illinois, and believe they are the same people who claimed to test people's DNA for diseases last year. "They're the scum of the Earth and they're preying on the poorest of the poor, and I'm going to do everything in my power to get them the [explicit] out of Kentucky," James said. The experts at the Better Business Bureau warn that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Posted on 4/6/20 at 6:51 pm to Byrdybyrd05
If hoaxers take advantage of a hoax, is it illegal?
Posted on 4/6/20 at 7:07 pm to Byrdybyrd05
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they're preying on the poorest of the poor
Why are the poorest of the poor shelling out over $200 for a coronavirus test?
Posted on 4/6/20 at 7:09 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Why are the poorest of the poor shelling out over $200 for a coronavirus test?
It was outside of churches. You know, the dumbest of the dumb who tithe.
Posted on 4/6/20 at 7:09 pm to OysterPoBoy
Most poor people are poor because they make bad financial choices. I would never go to those people in the video
Posted on 4/6/20 at 7:14 pm to Byrdybyrd05
I can tell just be looking at someone's SSN and CC # if they have coronavirus.
Posted on 4/6/20 at 7:16 pm to Byrdybyrd05
A fool and their money are soon parted
Posted on 4/6/20 at 7:16 pm to Byrdybyrd05
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if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
200 bucks for a coronavirus test doesn't sound too good to be true.
Posted on 4/6/20 at 7:34 pm to Sao
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Sao
You seem to be a miserable person.
Posted on 4/6/20 at 7:38 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Why are the poorest of the poor shelling out over $200 for a coronavirus test?
Posted on 4/6/20 at 7:42 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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You seem to be a miserable person.
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