Ebola patients. Ebola bicyclists. Ebola treatment. Ebola hazmat suits. Ebola deaths. Ebola planes. Ebola nurses. Ebola sneezes. Ebola survival rates. Everything seems to be about Ebola these days.
Including a warning from a securities commissioner who says the often fatal disease also could pick your pocket.
"Past experience tells us that periods of uncertainty or fear are prime time for con artists looking to make a quick score," said Gerald Rome, the securities commissioner for the state of Colorado.
"Investors should approach with caution any unsolicited Ebola-related investment opportunities, especially those received through the Internet," he said.
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The current outbreak in West Africa has killed nearly 5,000 people, and there are fears tens of thousands could follow in coming months. A handful of cases in the U.S. and Europe in the past two months are causing panic.
The statement on Friday from the Colorado Division of Securities, a part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies, said the Ebola fraud schemes are rampant and unforgiving for investors.
Rome said an analysis of Internet domain names by the North American Securities Administrators Association, which includes the state agency, found nearly 1,200 with the word "Ebola" since April.
About 1,000, have been registered since July.
More than 180 have been identified as "suspicious," Rome noted.
He said a review found "several with the words 'fund,' 'invest,' 'stock,' or 'futures' in their titles."
He cited as examples hotebolastocks.com, bestebolastocks.com, ebolafutures.com, ebolainvesting.com, ebolaoutbreakstocks.com, ebolastocks.com and fundsforebola.com.
"Most of the domain names are 'parked' and have no content, indicating that either someone has purchased the domain hoping to re-sell it, or that the content is not yet posted," the Colorado agency said.
Rome said that while the sites "have not been investigated, the review of domain names indicates that there certainly appear to be those intent on raising Ebola-related funds or otherwise trying to leverage the crisis for financial gain."
"Pie in the sky promises of quick wealth generally are red flags signaling fraud ahead," he said.