As if area residents were not stressed enough with business closures, job losses, and general fear caused by COVID-19, it appears scammers are taking advantage of the situation and trying to obtain a person’s personal information or money.

One of the most common scams convinces consumers to purchase products that either do not exist or will not do the promised job. The shortage of COVID-19 testing has led to offers of home testing kits. Since such kits do not exist, any offer to sell one of the kits should be ignored.

Though scientists are currently working to develop vaccines to stop...