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COVID scams and the sandwich generation

With the proliferation of scams in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, how do caregivers stay on top of that and everything else? Among the clients you work with, chances are many of their employees who are caring for others are facing these challenges more than ever.

By Dennis Healy | May 01, 2020 at 11:57 AM
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One might think today’s sandwich generation has enough to worry about, with caring for their kids and aging parents simultaneously, all while juggling a job and a personal life. Now, with the proliferation of scams in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, how do caregivers – the majority of whom are women – stay on top of that and everything else? Among the clients you work with, chances are many of their employees who are caring for others are facing these challenges more than ever.

That’s because the pandemic has created a perfect storm that severely threatens the security of our personally identifiable information, or PII. Consumers are spending more time on websites, social media and especially video chats. Meanwhile, an increasing number of malicious cybercriminals are pulling out all the stops to take advantage of peoples’ emotions and uncertainty to defraud consumers. They’re unleashing everything in their arsenal, from phishing emails and fake texts, to robocalls and zoombombing.

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