South Carolina reports nearly 1,900 new COVID-19 cases, nearly 70 just in Beaufort County – WJCL News

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CITY GOVERNMENT TO MAKE MASKS MANDATORY IN THE CAPITAL. MANY OF US KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE TEXTS WE RECEIVE. YOU MIGHT BE RECEIVING ONE SOON THAT DESERVES PLENTY OF SCRUTINY FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. ASA AARONS SMITH HAS MORE. COMING SOON TO A TEXT NEAR YOU – A WARNING THAT COMBINES THE INTENSITY OF THE IRS – WITH THE TERROR OF COVID- 19. YES IT’S THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE COVID 19 WARNING – DESIGNED TO SHAKE YOUR MONEY RIGHT OUT OF YOUR POCKETS. AND BEFORE WE GO ONE STEP FORWARD LET ME WARN YOU —-AS OFFICIAL AS IT MAY LOOK OR SOUND — THIS TEXT MESSAGE IS NOTHING MORE THAN ONE BIG SCAM. THE IRS IS SO CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE FALLING FOR IT THE AGENCY PASSED ALONG WARNINGS FOR CONSUMER WATCHDOGS TO SHARE. (SOT FULL) TOM STEPHENS/ PRESIDENT, BBB OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA TOM STEPHENS 1: (05:15) PEOPLE ARE GETTING TEXTS, UH, SAYING THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED A $1,200, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT PAYMENT FROM THE COVID BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. UH, AND THEY HAVE TO ACCESS THIS LINK TO GET FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO GET THEIR MONEY. AND THEN IT TAKES THEM INTO A FAKE WEBSITE AND THEY GIVE UP, END UP GIVING THE BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. (ASA/ATC) HOW DO YOU SPOT A LOOKALIKE WEBSITE? FIRST, CHECK THE SPELLING. MANY OF THESE SCAMS ORIGINATE FROM PLACES WHERE THEY ARE MUCH BETTER AT STEALING YOUR MONEY THAN SPEAKIN ENGLISH. IF YOU HIT A LINE THAT MAKES YOU GO HUH? – LIKE IT WILL MAKE YOUS AS RICH AS A PURPLE DOG – ITS A SCAM. EACH WEB BROWSER OFFERS WAYS TO CHECK THE SECURITY OF A SITE. GOOGLE CHROME, FOR INSTANCE, USES THREE ICONS TO SHOW A SITE’S SECURITY STATUS. LOOK AT THE URL LOCK SECURE VIEW SITE INFORMATION INFO OR NOT SECURE NOT SECURE OR DANGEROUS EACH BROWSER IS DIFFERENT, SO CHECK THE GUIDANCE FOR THE ONE YOU USE AND REMEMBER (SOT FULL) SPEAKER 1: (06:16) IRS WILL NEVER SEND YOU UNSOLICITED TEXTS OR NEVER GIVE YOU AN UNSOLICITED PHONE CALL AND WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO PUT MONEY ON A GIFT CARD. (ASA/SOT FULL) IN MY NEXT REPORT, WAIT TILL YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MONEY MULE SCAMMERS WHO LAUNDER CASH THROUGH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TO MAKE A DONKEY OUT OF YOU. IM AAS WJCL 22 REMEMBER—- IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ASA- –