More information on COVID-19 Vaccination Scams

I have written a couple of times, very recently, about COVID-19 Vaccination scams, and other scams doing the rounds (blog), including my receiving an email from what appears to be the NHS, asking if I wanted to book an appointment for a vaccination (blog). It's notified as coming from noreply@nhs.gov.uk but actually came from takahashi@noies.co.jp 😟 I reported it, and it looks like many others have reported suspicious emails too, as I have just seen a Full Fact post reporting similar (website).

If you do receive similarly suspicious emails about any subject, please forward said emails to the National Cyber Security Centre at report@phishing.gov.uk and suspicious text messages to the free number 7726.

Indeed, if you believe you are a victim of fraud you can report to Action Fraud by telephone at 0300 123 2040 or visit www.actionfraud.police.uk

Be careful what you open and/or click on folks!

Beware of False Vaccinator Scams and others!

After seeing the film of the evil fraudster who assaulted and conned a 92 year-old woman out of £160 in London recently (BBC), and a number of other warnings of scams regarding COVID-19 vaccinations by telephone or on the doorstep (eg Age UK), I thought a warning blog would be urgently appropriate.

There are, it appears, other scams where so-called 'vaccinators' attempt to gain access to steal. For details of the types of scam currently occurring, though I haven't heard of any similar ones in Hastings yet, but that doesn't mean to say they haven't happened, anyway, go to the Age UK website for details of these and many other scams.

Remember, the NHS is NOT carrying out any door-to-door vaccinations, the NHS does not charge for vaccinations, the NHS state they will contact people direct offering them vaccinations and not by turning up on doorsteps (NHS website). 

Also Track & Trace do not ask for bank details or payments, do not ask for, or set up, PINs or passwords, and do not ask you to call back on premium rate numbers (beginning with 09 or 087 for example). If people receive telephone calls and the conversation develops in such a way it will be a scam, do not fall for it, it is a scam!

Be careful folks, and stay safe!