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Recently, fake coronavirus vaccination certificates sold by scammers have become cheaper online, RBC reports with reference to a monitoring study by Group IB. The same trend is fixed by experts from Positive Technologies.
According to the study, over two weeks, more than 12.8 thousand offers for the sale of vaccination certificates and QR codes, including official certificates of vaccination of children by Sputnik M, were identified. In total, from November 2021 to January 2022, the number of illegal offers exceeded 110 thousand, while in September-October 2021 there were just over 3 thousand.
At the same time, counterfeit documents fell sharply compared to autumn. Now the price of a “package” of a fake certificate and a vaccination QR code varies from 5,000 rubles to 8,000 rubles, while in autumn it could be up to 30,000 rubles.
Fake certificates of vaccination against coronavirus with European vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson / Janssen) have also fallen in price, the agency reports, citing a study by Positive Technologies. In 2021, the average cost of the service for issuing a certificate of vaccination with European vaccines was 300 euros, in 2022 the same services are offered for an average of 180 euros. At the same time, experts note that it is impossible to check the performance of a purchased foreign vaccination certificate.
Source: Rosbalt
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