Scammers aim to exploit seniors with new ploys amid coronavirus crisis

Early Sunday, March 29, Laguna Woods Village resident Marcia Hackett received an email from her minister seeking help in the delivery of eBay gift cards to church members with cancer. It was a $500 ask, and “out-of-the-ordinary,” she said.
But these are not ordinary times.
Of course Hackett would help — she’s invested 42 years of fellowship at her church, Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church. She was already looking for ways she could help fellow churchgoers and nei