Be Careful with Sharing Your COVID-19 Vaccine Card
In a recent press release, Nevada Attorney General, Aaron Ford, warned about posting your COVID-19 vaccine card on social media:
"Vaccine cards include your full name, date of birth and patient number information, all of which can be used to steal your identity. Even the place where you were vaccinated should be kept private. Particularly on social media platforms, any information you post may be more widely distributed or copied than just to those on your friends list... If you want to share your vaccine status on social media, consider posting a photo of something else–such as the bandage on your arm or a vaccination sticker."
Avoiding Stimulus Check Scams
With another round of economic impact payments, commonly known as "stimulus checks," scammers are trying to deceive people. You will never have to pay to receive your payment. Here are some tips from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on avoiding stimulus check scams:
"Only use irs.gov/coronavirus to submit information to the IRS – and never in response to a call, text, or email.
The IRS won’t contact you by phone, email, text message, or social media with information about your stimulus payment, or to ask you for your Social Security number, bank account, or government benefits debit card account number. Anyone who does is a scammer phishing for your information."