VENTURA, Calif. - Contact tracing is an important part of figuring out how COVID-19 is transmitted. But, now there are scammers posing as contract tracers to get into your wallets.“There are those who are unscrupulous and looking for opportunities to try and scam people by posing as contact tracers,” said Danny Lo, with the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.
Lo prosecutes identity theft crimes. He said when real public health department contact tracers call they "may ask you things like, ‘are you feeling sick,’ or they may ask you basic identifying information."Get breaking news alerts in the FOX 11 News app.
Download for iOS or Android.But, of the bad guys who want to rob you Lo said, "they’re posing as contact tracers to get your.