Wuhan Coronavirus: Con-artists Megathread - One stop shopping for those who want to spend $100 on a bottle of rubbing alcohol

[Pee Cola]

Aussie would-be WuFlu entrepreneur is now stuck with around 10,000 dollarydoos (USD $6k) worth of hand sanitiser and TP shut him down. The best part is that the supermarket he raided to stock his hoard told him to get fucked when he tried return said hand sanitiser and TP for a refund.

Shopper who used team to stockpile $10k of toilet paper, sanitiser refused refund

A stockpiler who tried to sell hundreds of packs of toilet paper and hand sanitiser online after buying them at the start of the coronavirus outbreak is refused a refund by an Adelaide retailer.

www.abc.net.au

Added bonus: Video of said supermarket's head honcho telling the alleged hoarder to get bent (starts at 5:30).

 

[Ellesse_warrior]

Aussie would-be WuFlu entrepreneur is now stuck with around 10,000 dollarydoos (USD $6k) worth of hand sanitiser and TP shut him down. The best part is that the supermarket he raided to stock his hoard told him to get fucked when he tried return said hand sanitiser and TP for a refund.

Shopper who used team to stockpile $10k of toilet paper, sanitiser refused refund

A stockpiler who tried to sell hundreds of packs of toilet paper and hand sanitiser online after buying them at the start of the coronavirus outbreak is refused a refund by an Adelaide retailer.

www.abc.net.au

Added bonus: Video of said supermarket's head honcho telling the alleged hoarder to get bent (starts at 5:30).

Spoiler: Archive of video

 

[LegoTugboat]

IRAN HAS INVENTED A CORONAVIRUS DETECTION THING!

Iran parades 'coronavirus radar' that looks like fake bomb detector

Iranian Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami boasted that 'local scientists' had invented the 'state-of-the-art' device to detect virus cases 'remotely' without the need for a blood test.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Here's Major General Salami proudly waving it around. It creates a magnetic field of 100 metres which can pinpoint a virus in five seconds, with 80% accuracy.

They expect to sell it to dozens of countries, and might even sell to America if sanctions are lifted.
But that's not the con. The hilarious part is that it looks really really similar to this high-tech piece of equipment.

Fake bomb detector seller jailed

British fraudster James McCormick is jailed for 10 years for selling fake bomb detectors to security forces around the world.

www.bbc.com

This is a fake bomb detector sold by James McCormick, who was jailed in 2013. It uses such sophisticated detection equipment like a golf ball finder, stickers, a brass plate, and a jar to find bombs.

The stickers pictured there absorb the vapours of the substance from the jar, which are then placed onto a card and inserted into the machine. You then point the antenna at whatever you're looking at, and it... detects the... vapours of the bomb?

 

[WD-40]

Local Physician Accused of Selling Fake Coronavirus Cure Has Dial-In Arraignment

A San Diego physician is due in federal court on Friday following his arrest for allegedly selling what he described as a “miracle cure” that could render people immune from COVID-19 for at least six weeks.

www.nbcsandiego.com

https://archive.fo/08BtI

A doctor is arrested for selling a "COVID-19 treatment" package for $4,000. The pack included Xanax, azithromycin, and hydroxychloroquine and claimed to render someone immune for 6 weeks.

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/04/14/us13-million-losses-coronavirus-scams/

https://archive.fo/rskTd

The FTC report that Americans lost over $13 million from COVID-19 scams.

The FTC has compiled the data into an easily digestible infographic, which is updated regularly. At the time of writing, the total fraud losses since the start of this year amount to US$13.13 million, with a reported median loss of US$568.

The crime that was reported the most was the rather broad category of fraud with 9,634 complaints, with 46.4% of them reporting a loss. It’s safe to say that the official figures don’t paint the whole picture, however, as many scams go unreported.

Link to the FTC document

 

[Aaa0aaa0]

Xanax? Sign me the FUCK up fam/s

 

[MediocreMilt]

Local Physician Accused of Selling Fake Coronavirus Cure Has Dial-In Arraignment

A San Diego physician is due in federal court on Friday following his arrest for allegedly selling what he described as a “miracle cure” that could render people immune from COVID-19 for at least six weeks.

www.nbcsandiego.com

https://archive.fo/08BtI

A doctor is arrested for selling a "COVID-19 treatment" package for $4,000. The pack included Xanax, azithromycin, and hydroxychloroquine and claimed to render someone immune for 6 weeks.

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/04/14/us13-million-losses-coronavirus-scams/

https://archive.fo/rskTd

The FTC report that Americans lost over $13 million from COVID-19 scams.

Link to the FTC document

Xanax? Sign me the FUCK up fam/s

I'll bet you this is a case of cheap chloroquine + cheap azithromycin + xanax at markup... doc's using the pandemic to disguise being a drug dealer, by packing other shit in with benzos.

 

[santaclaus]

Prediction: Bacon scarcity is going to make some epic fat people fights.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

A $1 store could be the only trustworthy place to buy sanitizer during this whole circus without getting (too) ripped off.

 

[Stoneheart]

A doctor is arrested for selling a "COVID-19 treatment" package for $4,000. The pack included Xanax, azithromycin, and hydroxychloroquine and claimed to render someone immune for 6 weeks.

No Pervitin? i heared it makes you immune to everything for a couple of hours everytime you take it.

 

[737 MAX Stan Account]

These assholes have scammed millions out of jobs, homes, vacation plans and lord knows what else. I think it's high time someone holds them accountable.