If we roughly examine the economic dimensions of the damage caused to humanity by the corona virus (Covid-19), which has affected the entire world and soon turned into a global epidemic, we can say that it has already reached 3 trillion US dollars. Moreover, as the struggle with its economic and psychological effects continues, we are now facing the risk of cheating (fraud) during the current health crisis. Fraudsters who are trying to turn people who buy medical products online from the internet into financial opportunities using this situation have started to cheat in agile (online) ways, taking advantage of the strain of the Corono virus this time.

Covid-19 due to an outbreak of the mask that should be used to meet the high demand of retail inventory and other medical products for the amount still due to the difficulty such products online stores claiming to sell fake social media accounts and e-mail (e-mail) addresses is becoming suddenly existent in our country. Fraudsters who gain the trust of their victim through various viral marketing methods are actually using the trade of masks and other health kits as a tool and trying to gain unfair profits from the public during this period, when the confusion of emotions such as the sense of loneliness caused by social distance, the fear of losing loved ones and getting sick is intense. Some of the financial scams that have emerged in connection with the ongoing global health crisis are listed as follows: (source: Interpol)

       Covid-19 fraud methods

Phone scams-fraudsters identify themselves as a clinic or hospital attendant, calling their victims and telling them that one of their relatives or relatives has contracted the disease and urgently demanding money for the treatment of this person.

Cyber scams - credit card and payment details you use for the personal information of a victim in order to obtain sent by mail to the victims as national or worldwide health authorities angling (fishing) we call e-mails (e-mails) by throwing or malicious software that will allow you to open e-mail attachments you are sending.

In many cases, fraudsters often use the names of legal firms as their own names to avoid suspicion of their victims to achieve their goals, and they make progress by reaching a wide audience through social media platforms, increasing their awareness. In one of the cases of fraud, a large amount of money was deposited by an Asian victim into bank accounts that the fraudsters, who originated in multiple European countries, did not know they were checking. Some of these payments were blocked by local authorities with the help of Interpol, but they were very quickly transferred by fraudsters to secondary or even tertiary bank accounts before other payments were noticed and blocked.

So far, 18 bank accounts have been blocked in around 30 cases of such fraud associated with Covid-19, managed in connection with Europe and Asia with the help of Interpol. At the same time, more than us $ 730,000 of suspicious money transfers have been frozen. INTERPOL has also issued a purple alert for new cases of such fraud to the police of 194 countries that are members.

Symptoms That Need Attention:

If you are looking to buy medical products online, or if you receive emails or links offering to sell or help you with medical products, keep in mind that you may be exposed to a possible fraud to protect yourself and your money.

Before making any purchase, confirm and verify the company name or the names and information of the individuals offering you the individual offer independently of each other.
Be highly aware of fake websites. Scammers will often use names very similar to those of websites that are real and legal (for example ‘' abc.com 'instead ‘abc.org like').
Be sure to check the comments made about the company before making the purchase. (For example, are there customers complaining that they can't get their ordered product? shaped)
If you are asked to deposit money into a bank account in a different place than where the firm you are ordering is located, be cautious and skeptical about it.
Do not open or click on e-mail (s) or attachments that come to you from a sender you do not expect or know.
Be careful that you receive emails (e-mails) that offer you Medical Products against your will or ask for personal information, saying that they are intended to check your health status. Because legal health organizations or officials do not normally contact the public in this way.
In light of all this, take care of your wallet as much as you take care of your health in fighting this pandemic that has affected Earth and our country. Because Crisis opportunists and crooks will continue to ignore moral values and threaten humanity until the disease affects them and their environment...