The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau has calculated victim losses in cases where coronavirus is mentioned to total £800,000 since February. Many calls are from conmen trying to get bank details by pretending to provide food and run errands. Police warn that any cold callers offering “kindness” by way of doing shopping or collecting prescriptions should be shunned. The newest trick concerns the national Test and Trace Service, which aims at identifying and isolating virus carriers. A drug used against breast cancer is on the verge of being approved as a treatment for prostate cancer.

Source: Daily Nation June 20, 2020 22:54 UTC