Everyone wants a cure for the coronavirus so that we can go back to living a normal life without abiding by social distancing rules, yet it has become a challenge to see what really cures this virus. While medical professionals are working on finding an approved cure for COVID-19 to rid the world of this pandemic, scammers are hard at work creating fake coronavirus cures to confuse their victims and steal their funds.<\/p>\n
Scammers from different companies advertise their products as \u201cproven to cure the coronavirus, or coronavirus symptoms.\u201d These products range from colloidal silver, lozenges, gels, liquids, CBD products, aromatherapy essential oils, incense, tea, and more.<\/p>\n
They go on their website and tell people of the wonders these products have done for them when curing the coronavirus. People then buy their products thinking they can save them from the coronavirus, only to be left disappointed when they don\u2019t get them or when these products don\u2019t work.<\/p>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/My-Post-35.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” offset=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n
The FTC and FDA sent companies who were advertising fake coronavirus cures letters reminding them that it is illegal to claim that their products can cure the coronavirus when it hasn\u2019t been approved by the FDA. They would also need reliable scientific evidence proving that their product could cure the coronavirus before advertising it to the public.<\/p>\n
At this time, the FTC and FDA say that there is no product that could cure the coronavirus and have not approved any business to claim such a thing. These organizations gave these certain businesses 48 hours to take down their false claims from their websites. If companies fail to abide by these letters, the FDA can enforce them by persecuting them criminally.<\/p>\n
The FTC has some reminders for businesses:<\/p>\n
If you have bought fake coronavirus cure from someone and want to know who they really are, you can reverse search<\/a> their information using Social Catfish<\/a>! To do this, you enter any information you have of that person, such as their name, phone number, email address, social media username, or image. Then afterwards, we can see who was really selling you fake coronavirus cures so that you can report it to the FTC or local authorities.<\/p>\n