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This one's both amusing and infuriating. It seems they're trying to prey on people who don't realize the CDC is government-funded.
The email starts with a link to check on COVID cases around "your city." It goes to a link that's similar enough to the real cdc.gov that I suspect some people might not notice.
Then it says the CDC is running out of funds.
And they want donations in Bitcoins. 
And the CDC is developing a vaccine.
Anyone who falls for this is some combination of stupid, gullible, and not paying attention.
The email starts with a link to check on COVID cases around "your city." It goes to a link that's similar enough to the real cdc.gov that I suspect some people might not notice.
Then it says the CDC is running out of funds.
The CDC has established an incident management system to coordinate a domestic and international public health response to this virus. At this time, we are in desperate need of financial support and ask for your donation, nothing is too small. All of our research groups have been working around the clock to develop a vaccine.
Please find our Bitcoin account detail below for your donation and support:
Please find our Bitcoin account detail below for your donation and support:
And the CDC is developing a vaccine.
Anyone who falls for this is some combination of stupid, gullible, and not paying attention.
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