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How PPE cyber scumbags get their gloves on your money
Until long-overdue bill is enacted, there is little that can be done to unmask those fleecing the desperate
The Covid-19 pandemic and the surge in demand for PPE and hospital equipment has provided fertile ground for online scam syndicates.
In a time when desperation outweighs common sense, online fraud syndicates spawned a latticework of fake PPE websites to fleece their unwitting victims.
The scale and reach of the syndicates are now under investigation by internet-hosting firms and the police...
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