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Scammers are already using the hantavirus to fleece people

Grant St. Clair
Jun 11, 2026
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When I say scammers are using the hantavirus, I don’t mean they’re engineering devious biological weapon attacks (although I’m sure they would if they could.) It feels like it’s barely been any time at all since a hantavirus outbreak left a Dutch cruise ship stranded and quarantined. Still, being stuck on a giant boat in the middle of nowhere apparently…

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