Unless you've been under a rock, you have seen a frenzy of news regarding a possible pandemic from the Swine Flu virus.  Now it appears that scammers are trying to get in on the action, trying to make a buck off of peoples fear.

 

If you do a search on Google Trends for swine flu, you will see that the term "swine flu" has been registered within the first few days following the announcement of an outbreak.  Many of these websites are scammers that are claiming to have a cure vaccine for the swine flu virus.  Unfortunately, no vaccines currently exist for the virus.awn

 

If you do come across a swine flu scam, you can forward the e-mail to the Federal Trade Commission. 

 

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