[Scan-DC] Maryland Contact Tracing

[Lawrence Katz]

These two questions and answers from that page should probably be widely
disseminated to try to keep the number of people falling for scam "tracers"
down... specifically the questions that will never be asked.

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What kind of questions will a contact tracer never ask?

A contact investigator will never ask you for your social security number,
financial or bank account information, or personal details unrelated to
COVID-19. They will not ask for photographs or videos of any kind. They
will not ask for your passwords.
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How do I know that a call from a contact tracer is not a scam? Is there a
way to verify who is calling?

With the prevalence of telephone scams and other fraud, we understand
people’s reluctance to answer detailed questions to someone who calls to
ask about their movements and contact with friends and loved ones.
Maryland’s contact tracing efforts have several methods by which you can
verify the identity of the caller.

When your phone rings, the caller ID will read “MD COVID” on your screen.
Depending on whether your contact investigator is calling directly from
NORC or your local health department, there will also be a list of phone
numbers you will be given to verify the caller’s identity.
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On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 12:14 AM Alan Henney <alan at henney.com> wrote:

> All sorts of interesting legal and privacy issues emerging in this.
>
> Has anybody been contacted yet?  Time to switch back to the old flip-phone?
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> https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/contact-tracing
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