Fake COVID-19 test results are being used to scam Albertans

EDMONTON -- Phone scammers are preying on Albertans with a new con involving fake COVID-19 test results, warns Alberta Health Services and Health Minister Tyler Shandro.

Shandro said the caller will tell a person they have tested positive for COVID-19 and then ask for credit card information.

AHS is receiving reports of a phone scam in which residents are told they have tested positive for #COVID-19. The caller then asks for credit card information. See important note from @AHS_media below �� https://t.co/fKai0LPPFL

— Tyler Shandro (@shandro) March 17, 2020

AHS said it will never call and ask for credit card info. It asks people to hang up the phone if they receive such a call and report it to police.