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© Thomson Reuters 2020.U.S. coronavirus fraud losses near $100 million as COVID scams double
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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PTownsend
With so much money available and so little oversight, it's not surprising that scams are happening.
And with so much money available and an election close at hand, it's also not surprising corporations connected to political power, even those with histories of fraud like YRC Worldwide, are getting huge amounts of taxpayer's - US$700,000,000 - money. Maybe someone from The R's rapid response team can say whether there are connections between Trump, Inc and YRC's backers Apollo Global Management.
lincolnman
And the biggest fraud and scam is our President's clearly inept, incompetent, and bungled response to the virus - which to date has resulted in over 155K fatalities...
bass4funk
We really don’t have any money, we are just printing it, I don’t know where you got that idea from.
You mean like this....
https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2020/political.html
HonestDictator
Well, scams are always alive and well. As to the victims, they range from the elderly and vulnerable to the just plain stupid idiots who fall for these scams.
Paying for a "cure" that is not dispensed by your healthcare provider or covered by your insurance (if you have it) obviously can't be trusted.
ArtistAtLarge
Excellent example, bass.
HonestDictator
There are plenty of "scam baiter" videos online that show you the basic methods of scam and con artists that engage in these types of tactics. Worth watching so you know what look for...
NOMINATION
Only a fraction of the over $1 billion duped from people thinking they are donating to a certain organization to help minorities or the underprivileged but instead being funneled directly to politicians. I won't name names but you can figure it out.
u_s__reamer
The millions of dollars stolen from naive consumers by scam artists cited in this article are mere chump change compared to the HUNDREDS of BILLIONS of $$$$$$$$ in corona virus aid sloppily doled out to US businesses, big and small, in an opaque, hasty and disorganized Trumpian fashion that reeks of corruption and unaccountability. How to sniff out this gargantuan pork barrel scheme/scam? "Cherchez le Trump"! He's the go-to guy whose special talent is knowing how to drive a business (or country?) into bankruptcy.
mmwkdw
Trump is, regardless what people say, the one US President, who speaks out on how he thinks, even if we all don't like what he says.
mmwkdw
Trump does have his bad moments... such as the Horse Doctor cures (though.... to give him Credit, those said Tests, were done by the CCP... so who believes them anyway).
Strangerland
Yep. It's a significant part of what makes him such an incompetent president.