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Covid-related scams have bilked Americans out of $586 million
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cnbc.comConsumers have lost $586 million to fraud linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission.
Americans filed more than 269,000 fraud complaints from the beginning of 2020 to Oct. 14, 2021, according to most recent federal data. (Consumers cited Covid, stimulus or related terms in the complaints.)
The typical victim (as measured by the median) lost $392, in a range of schemes targeting online shoppers, travelers and others. The losses skew higher for older Americans: Seniors over age 80 lost $1,000 each.
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