Do not pay to reserve COVID-19 vaccine appointments

By Danny Federico Riverbend News On Thursday, Jan. 7, Attorney General Ashley Moody issued a Consumer Alert about COVID-19 scams involving misleading webpages charging for vaccine appointments. According to the release, scammers have taken to using the event website Eventbrite to pose as county health departments in attempt to take payments in exchange for COVID-19 vaccine appointments. "Consumer Protection investigators and criminal prosecutors in my office are aggressively pursuing reports of scammers taking money in exchange for phony COVID-19 vaccine reservations," Attorney General Moody said. "If you have been a victim of this scam, please contact my office so we can end this fra