Eugene woman warns about scammers during the pandemic

According to the Federal Trade Commission, they have received more than 22,000 thousand complaints about scammers since January.

Over 300 of those complaints came from Oregon.

New at 11... a eugene woman is speaking out...warning the public about possible scams during the pandemic.

Kezi nine news reporter connor mccarthy is live here in the studio and shows us what to look out for during these uncertain times.

As many of us continue to hunker down at home...riding out the coronavirus and economic crisis... scammers are trying to take advantage of people during this uncertain time...many who don't have an income right now.

One eugene resident says she recieved this pink letter in the mail claiming she owed thousands of dollars in credit card debt....but she says she doesn't have any.

This letter claimed to be from the department of negotitaitons...whic h doesn't exist.

Bonnie hill from eugene knew something was wrong when she didn't see a return address on the envelope.

She says she was shocked someone was trying to scam her and she reached out to us because there are a lot of vulnerable people in our community during this health and economic crisis.

Anyone who could be vulnerable in the community right now thinking that they could settle whatever that they have at a reasonable price.

It listed so many different kinds of credit cards and stuff like that somebody could have any one of those things that they listed and fall for it the federal trade comission says they have seen an uptick in complaints from people during the pandemic about scammers.

Recent data shows the majority of complaints were about fraud.

About 311 of the over 22-thousand complaints since january were from oregonians.

Now the f-b-i says during the pandemic... keep an extra eye out for scammers.

For example if you are waiting for your stimulus check... the department of treasury will send you or check or deposit your money for you.

The f-b-i says government agencies at all levels will never ask for personal information and they will never threaten you.

If you do think you are being scammed... you can contact the f-b-i or the federal trade comission.

Reporting live in the studio connor mccarthy kezi nine