HIV, syphilis and chlamydia? Fake diagnosis letters sent in Merced County

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Letters being sent to Merced County residents telling them they person HIV, syphilis and chlamydia are not genuine, according to the Merced County Department of Public Health.

The letters look to beryllium from the Merced County Department of Public Health and item caller trial results, informing the recipient that they person "tested affirmative for HIV, syphilis and chlamydia."

The missive goes connected to archer the recipient that they person not yet responded to the department's guidance connected attraction options and encourages the recipient to question contiguous aesculapian treatment.

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The telephone fig provided successful the missive does lucifer the telephone fig for the Merced County Department of Public Health, but Merced County officials accidental the remainder of the missive is counterfeit.

County officials uncover that the intent and root of the phony letters are unknown, but guarantee those receiving them that they are not being issued by Merced County arsenic confidential aesculapian accusation is ne'er disclosed successful letters that are mailed out.