Covid-19 related fraud costs Americans nearly $400,000,000.
That's just the fraud the government knows about.
Almost 220,000 people have filed a coronavirus-related fraud report with the Federal Trade Commission since Jan., 2020, and senior citizens were hit the hardest.
The median loss for people in their 80's was $900, compared to $330 for non-seniors.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports fielding nearly 550,000 pandemic-related complaints last year.
The labor department just launched a website for people whose stolen information was used to claim fraudulent unemployment benefits, you can find it by clicking here.
