Washington Post revealed ‘burgeoning scams’ on eBay and other platforms on April 18, 2021. ‘Paper anything is ripe for fraud’ explains Nenette Day. She is an assistant special agent in charge at the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general’s office. And she is investigating a number of blatant examples. We hope she cracks down hard because fake vaccination cards undermine our safety.
It’s Incredible How Blatant These Criminals Are
There’s no excuse for circumventing pandemic rules to get a job, register as a student, or catch an airplane flight somewhere. Washington Post cites an example of a person they name ‘asian jackson’ offering an ‘Authentic CDC Vaccination Record Card’ on eBay for $9.49 plus shipping.
The eBay account is apparently registered in the name a man who works as a pharmacist in the Chicago area. Federal regulators finger their cards as illegal. However, ‘asian jackson seems to be on the money with more than 100 sales in the past two weeks, again according to Washington Post.
That person’s ‘get-rich-quick scheme’ selling fake vaccination cards undermines our safety. That’s because it opens a carefully-regulated system to scammers. And also ‘the success of the nation’s largest mass vaccination effort’, adds North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein.
Sellers of Fake Vaccination Cards Deserve Prosecution
Josh Stein and 47 colleagues are putting pressure on eBay and other e-commerce platforms to crack to down on the scams. They are, after all, accessories to fraud, and we believe must face up to their responsibility. Anything that extends the pandemic resulting in more ill people and more deaths is a crime, or are we missing something?
Saoud Khalifah is chief executive of Fakespot, a company that specializes in rooting out online fraud. He told Washington Post ‘There’s demand from people who don’t want to get vaccinated. But also people who think they can use the cards to skip the line and say, ‘Hey, I got dose one, can I get dose two?’
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