U.S. government intercepts reams of fake vaccination cards from China

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As the fake Covid-19 vaccination card market booms, some sellers are asking for hundreds of dollars for a card. The US Customs and Border Protection says it has intercepted thousands of packages of the fake cards.

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Real versions of the cards, created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help people keep track of their shots, are free for whoever is vaccinated, which is also free. But since the U.S. doesn’t have a deliberate national system to validate who’s been vaccinated and onlyhave rolled out digital verification, the cards have inadvertently become one of the best ways to show evidence that someone’s been vaccinated.

Researchers at the cybersecurity company Check Point have identified around 10,000 Telegram users claiming to sell fake vaccination cards, Brian Linder, the company’s emerging threat expert, said.orders last Thursday that drastically increased the number of Americans who would have to get vaccinated to stay employed, the cost of black market fake cards roughly doubled from $100 to $200, Linder said.

“What people don’t realize of course is, God only knows where their identity and their financial information are ending up,” Linder said.Three self-proclaimed vaccination card sellers, contacted by NBC News on Telegram, said that they demanded bitcoin payment for cards. Each asked for more personal information than would be necessary to mail a blank card, like date of birth and telephone number, making a verity of claims.

While it’s unclear how many sellers on Telegram actually send the fake cards, Customs and Border Protection has intercepted “thousands” of them in recent months, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “Unvaccinated individuals who use fraudulent vaccine cards put themselves, their loved ones, and their fellow Americans at risk of contracting COVID-19,” the spokesperson said. “Additionally, the unauthorized use of an official government agency’s seal is a federal crime, and may be punishable under Title 18 United States Code.”

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FORGET THE CARD!! Every person and child vaccinated is on record. Send those who are vaccinated a card like a credit card WITH A CHIP!!! Swipe the card for entry. OR Have it sent to your phone with a BAR CODE!

The same people who told outrageous lies about foreign countries sending ballots for the elections are now paying to those foreign countries to get a fake vaccine card.

The vaccine is FREE 😊

Lock them up!

I know a way you can get one free. 😉

Strange that there are those who would pay for a vaccination card when all you have to do is get the free shot and the card comes free

Don't understand. The vaccine is 'FREE' so why spend money to get a fake card when all you have to do is 'GET THE FUCKING SHOT' & get a REAL card

The feds should set up fake sites to sell fake cards as a sting to get people.

AND, the vaccine is free. Just sayin’

I would think some card stock and a $39 desktop publishing software package could accomplish printing fake cards. So in addition to being ignorant on getting vaccinated they’re computer illiterate and lazy to boot. I wonder if their using stimulus money to buy the fake cards.

Don't forget fake vaccinations. ✌

Need a centralized system

So messed up man. Just get Pfizer like everyone else, even moderns is fine.

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So ridiculous!

That’s pretty f’d up that someone would fake being vaccinated and be against it at the same time. Either get or don’t, but don’t be an asshole and not get it and then perpetrate fraud. It’s disgusting!

You don't say? You make vaccine passports and all of the sudden the Black Market Booms. More Communist Aggression over a vaccine that don't work. Folks are brainwashed. Trump Vaccine Bad. 1 year later Biden Vaccine Good. It's the SAME VACCINE genius. Now they getting Paid $$$

Wow

Not surprised. Not at all.

Ah, doubtless another Ivanka trademark item.

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