City of New Rochelle issued the following announcement on Dec. 29.
At Monday, December 28th bi-weekly Covid-19 briefing, County Executive George Latimer released a short Public Service Announcement featuring Consumer Protection Director Jim Maisano on the importance of watching out for Covid-19 vaccine scams.
View Vaccine Scam PSA here: https://youtu.be/9T6NqVpZJ90
Spanish Vaccine Scam PSA: https://youtu.be/S6wEMWOWFDI
Tips for Westchester residents based on tricks scammers are using:
- Vaccine is expected to be free.
- There are no sign-up lists for vaccine.
- You can't pay to get your vaccine earlier.
- Medicare or Social Security won't be calling you about getting your vaccine (scammers often act like they are calling from government agencies).
- You don't need to give out SSN, credit card or bank info before you are able to get vaccine.
Original source can be found here.