New York Warns of Door-Knocking Scammers Offering CDC Virus Tests

(Bloomberg) -- New York Attorney General Letitia James warned residents of people purportedly knocking on doors claiming to be from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and offering tests for the new coronavirus for a fee.

“New Yorkers should know that no one from the CDC, or any other health agency, is knocking on doors to provide tests for the COVID-19 virus,” James said in a written statement.

The scams were reported in Otsego County, a region of central New York that includes Cooperstown, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

James has promised to protect residents from coronavirus-related scams. Her office has sent cease-and-desist letters to individuals and companies hawking products they claim are treatments or cures for the coronavirus, including conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and televangelist Jim Bakker.

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