Coronavirus Advice for Consumers

Avoid Coronavirus Scams

• Always talk with your doctor or healthcare professional before you try any product claiming to treat, prevent, or cure COVID-19.
• Don’t post your vaccination card to your social media account. Someone could use the information for identity theft.
• Check with airlines, cruise lines, and event venues about their vaccine verification or negative testing requirements. The CDC also has travel tools and recommendations.
• When you’re looking for pandemic-related help, start with sites like coronavirus.gov and usa.gov/coronavirus.

Financial Impact

Living through the pandemic has transformed our personal and professional lives. As we work to regain our financial footing, scammers will continue to try to steer us off course and steal our money and personal information.

Scam Alerts

• doTERRA distributors charged with making unfounded COVID-19 cure claims
• FTC squashes company claims that dietary supplements treat or prevent COVID-19
• FTC and American consumers win two cases against pandemic scammers
• Company said their COVID PPE was Made in the USA. They lied and are paying the price.
• FTC says credit repair operation was a scam

Government Resources

• Covid.gov
• What the U.S. Government is Doing
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• World Health Organization (WHO)