In Telegram channels, scammers sell fake vaccination certificates for 4-6 thousand rubles as well as the number of scammers who profit from anti-vaccines. Sellers offer to obtain an illegal document and issue a QR code on the State Services, URA.RU reports
According to the portal, hundreds of channels began to appear on Telegram, where fraudsters sell an “officially registered” QR code. This service costs from four to six thousand rubles. For two thousand rubles, sellers offer PCR tests, which will allegedly be taken into account in the databases of medical clinics, and a fake vaccination withdrawal from them can be bought for 3 thousand.
One of these Telegram channels has more than 100 thousand subscribers. At the same time, Internet communications specialist Arseny Kamyshev states that the advertising post has only 8 thousand views, and this is disproportionate to the declared number of subscribers.
To purchase a fake document, you need to send your personal data to the owner of the community and transfer it to it money card. The owner promises that the QR code will come within a few hours, but after transferring funds, he simply blocks the buyer, receiving not only money, but also his personal data. The amounts that citizens transfer to deceivers can amount to tens of millions of rubles, URA.RU says.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health of Russia discussed an increase in the validity period of certificates for citizens who have had COVID-19 from six months to a year. This is now being discussed at the expert level, but the experience of European countries shows that certificates for people who have undergone COVID-19 are valid for six months.