(CNN) Scammers continue to capitalize on coronavirus misinformation by offering fake antibody tests, the FBI warned, which could be used to steal personal information. The FBI said this month that fraudsters are touting fake or unproven antibody tests and marketing them to people to steal Social Security numbers or health insurance information. Antibody tests are used to determine whether someone was infected with Covid-19 in the past and has since developed antibodies, which protect the body from becoming infected with Covid-19 again. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved some antibody tests, and they've all been previously tested by the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute or another government agency. But it's not easy to make that distinction when you're being offered an antibody test over the phone.

Source: CNN June 29, 2020 13:41 UTC