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Scammers are notorious for capitalizing on fear, and the coronavirus outbreak is no exception. Showing an appalling lack of the most basic morals, scammers have set up fake websites, bogus funding collections and more in an effort to trick the fearful and unsuspecting out of their money.

If one of your Christmas presents was a smart TV, or you splurged on one for yourself on Black Friday, you might be living with an in-house spy. The FBI is warning that smart TVs, which allow customers to stream their favorite shows through apps like Netflix and Hulu, can easily be hacked and used for spying. You can be sitting and binge-watching your favorite sitcom, or hollering at the screen as your team fumbles toward another devastating defeat, and all the while a stranger’s eyes are on you and the happenings in your house.

Every 10 years, the Census Bureau makes an effort to count every person living in the U.S. Though the process won’t start until mid-March 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is already warning of scammers exploiting the process to con you out of your sensitive information. That’s why it’s important to familiarize yourself with the census procedure; so you know what to expect and so you can easily spot a scam.