Coronavirus crisis provides fertile ground for online fraudsters | Financial Times

After his usual supplier of medical equipment suffered delays as the coronavirus crisis took hold in March, Ali AlDakkak searched online and found a Malaysia-based company which said it could fulfil his order.

The director of a United Arab Emirates-based group that supplies personal protective equipment to hospitals in the region, he paid more than $30,000 upfront for a large consignment of face masks. They never arrived.

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