Utah Department of Financial Institutions · UT
Consumer Alert: COVID-19 Scams
March 31, 2020
Summary
The Utah Department of Financial Institutions issued a consumer alert warning about COVID-19-related financial scams. Financial institutions are encouraged to direct customers to reputable resources provided by the CSBS and FTC to help prevent fraud and identity theft.
Consumer Alert: COVID-19 Scams
Scammers are using the COVID-19 / coronavirus outbreak to take advantage of people. You can protect yourself before you give someone any money or personal information by taking the following steps:
We also suggest you read about potential scams to see if your situation is similar to any known scams. Here are a couple websites that explain known COVID-19 scams.
COVID-19 Financial Scams: Conference of State Bank Supervisors COVID-19 Consumer Resources https://www.csbs.org/covid-19-consumer-resources
How to avoid Coronavirus Scams: Federal Trade Commission Coronavirus Scams https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/coronavirus-scams-what-ftc-doing
The Utah Department of Financial Institutions is committed to serve as a source of information and assistance with all forms of banking products and services. If you have a complaint about a financial institution, we can help. Please call us at 801-538-8830 or email us at complaints.dfi@utah.gov.
Source: https://dfi.utah.gov/resources/news/
Common questions
- What does "Consumer Alert: COVID-19 Scams" cover?
- The Utah Department of Financial Institutions issued a consumer alert warning about COVID-19-related financial scams. Financial institutions are…
- Which agency issued this update?
- This update was issued by Utah Department of Financial Institutions.
- When was it published?
- It was published on March 31, 2020.
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