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NHS-coronavirus Test (image) is not available for Most People and fraudsters use to sell advertising, home Test kits, which are illegal

People and companies should be careful, the scammers are trying to turn the Corona-Virus-pandemic to your advantage, The National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned.

scammers are targeting vulnerable People , including those who said self-isolation At Home , the NCAS were.

Graeme Biggar, Director-General of The Agency said The National economic crime center, The Virus was increasingly used as "a hook to commit Fraud ".

It Comes as Two People were arrested on suspicion of selling illegal tests.

A 46-year-old pharmacist from Croydon, South London , was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of false and misleading claims about the efficiency of the coronavirus Test kits, sell he had, allegedly, tried the said NWB.

the officers seized £ 20,000 in cash and was looking for two properties and a car. The Suspect was released on bail.

Separately, on Sunday, the police detained a 39-year-old surveying engineer, from Uxbridge, west London, had allegedly planned to sell 250 Test kits to the construction sites.

He was also under The Fraud Act, investigators said.

No home tests have so far been certified according to European safety Standards and it is illegal to sell them.

The use of home-Test-kits is also not recommended by Public Health England.

Nikki Holland , NCA head of investigations, said: "the criminal benefit, the fear and anxiety, and take advantage of every opportunity, no matter how terrible, in order to line their pockets.

"Illegal Test kits to sell, completely undermines The Nation 's collective response to the pandemic and actually endangering lives. "

scammers are targeting People to buy the try medical supplies online and have been sending E-Mails offering fake medical support, and said NWB.

scammers have also tried to lure potential victims with appeals to support fake charities, the added crime Agency.

'crime, to increase the likelihood,'

"Covid-19 is increasingly being used as a hook to commit Fraud - and we think that these crimes are likely to increase during the pandemic," Mr Biggar said.

"individuals and businesses must be prepared for it, because criminals try to turn the pandemic to your advantage, by cheating them out of money. "

The medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said it was working with the police for the protection of Public Health .

Tariq Sarwar, head of operations for enforcement at the MHRA, called for The Public and health professionals to report all of the online posts advertising testing of products.

"Always make sure that when you buy your medicines from a registered pharmacy or site and of its medical devices from reputable retailers," he added.

Details of the two London arrests emerged after a separate international investigation into a multi-million-pound-coronavirus mask Fraud .

The alleged Fraud began to buy, after the German company 10m masks tried to a value of over €15 million (£13m), from online vendors.

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Source of news: bbc.com