UK Cybercrime Center Warns Public to Beware Vaccine Scams

UK Cybercrime Center Warns Public to Beware Vaccine Scams
A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer/BioNTech CCP virus vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, on Dec. 8, 2020. Frank Augstein/AP Photo
Mary Clark
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The UK’s national reporting center for fraud and cybercrime has cautioned the public to be alert for fraudsters criminally exploiting the CCP virus crisis by pretending to be signing people up for vaccines.

“If you receive an email, text message, or phone call purporting to be from the NHS and you are asked to provide financial details, this is a scam,” Pauline Smith, head of Action Fraud, warned in a statement on Thursday.