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Fake coronavirus marshals stealing from homes after conning their way inside – Yahoo News Australia
The fake marshals are pretending to check for rule breaches.
Fake coronavirus marshals are getting into peoples homes by pretending to be checking for rule-breakers and then stealing from them.
The underhand tactic is a new version of one in the summer when fake healthcare workers offered bogus virus tests to get access to homes.
Police forces and Trading Standards have seen incidents on doorsteps where fraudsters have conned members of the public.
But the marshals, officially called COVID-19 secure marshals, do not have the power to enforce social distancing,…
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