Bad actors use bogus offers to go after payouts to families affected by first atomic bomb test

Scam artists have been targeting the $100,000 now available to eligible New Mexico victims of radiation exposure dating back to the world’s first atomic bomb explosion code-named “Trinity” in New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert on July 16, 1945, according to New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez.

“New Mexicans who have been affected by these exposures deserve compensation and…