NBC晚间新闻 新冠时期的诈骗招数

Want to know where the coronavirus hotspots are? This app for Android phones claims to provide real-time information. But internet researchers say when downloaded it locks your phone and asks for a ransom¹ in bitcoins to unlock it. The FDA and Federal Trade Commission warns seven companies to stop claiming that their products, including teas and essential oils, can treat the virus. Now a phone scam claims to take reservations for a vaccine². Pre-booking vaccine for coronavirus health center. A prosecutor³ in Virginia is helping⁴ lead the Federal Government's effort to crack down.

We're worried about seniors because they are a vulnerable population, both through this virus as well as to scams. Among the known scams, fake websites offering to sell medical supplies now in high demand like surgical⁵ masks, phony charities seeking donations, offers to invest in companies, claiming they can detect or cure the virus. And even calls or emails pretending to be from doctors who claim to be treating a relative and demanding payment. Just don't know that you can commit a more ruthless and evil act right now. His advice, ignore claims of a treatment, there isn't one yet. Give only two known charities and don't fall for someone claiming to be a doctor asking for money.

想知道冠状病毒的热点在哪吗？这款安卓手机应用声称可以提供实时信息。但互联网研究人员表示，下载这个软件后，它就会锁住你的手机，并要求用比特币支付赎金来解锁。美国食品及药物管理局和联邦贸易委员会警告了七家公司，要求他们停止声称自家的包括茶和精油在内的产品可以治疗病毒。现在一个电话诈骗声称人们要预定疫苗。预约冠状病毒健康中心的疫苗。弗吉尼亚州的一名检察官正在协助领导联邦政府的打击行动。我们担心老年人，因为他们是一个脆弱的群体，容易受病毒还有诈骗损害。已知的骗局有，虚假网站提供现在需求量很大的医疗用品，如医用口罩。冒牌慈善机构寻求捐款，企业声称能够检测或治愈病毒，骗人们投资。甚至还有假装是医生的骗子给人们打电话或发电子邮件，声称他们在给亲戚看病，要求人们付款。只是不知道人们现在可以做出什么更残忍、更邪恶的行为。他的建议就是，忽略可以治疗该病的说法，现在还没有治疗方法。只给两个已知的慈善机构捐款，不要相信骗钱的假医生。

1 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。

2 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

3 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。