This warning comes from Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan who wants everyone to be aware of scams using the coronavirus to try to trick you out of money and personal information.
Crooks are using the fear of COVID-19 as a way to defraud and steal from people via emails, texts, phone calls, and in one recent case, in person.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner warned recently about a scam where men got access to peoples’ homes by claiming to be city Public Works employees, saying that that their water lines had be poisoned with COVID-19.
Houston station KTRK-TV reported about a couple who lost an expensive watch and a ring to this scam. In addition to the fact that the virus does not exist in city water, Public Works employees will never ask to