Scammers are selling fake vaccine passports for $250 on the dark web

As governments around the world explore the possibility of vaccine passports to facilitate reopening of economies, fraudsters are selling fake vaccine passports on the dark web. According to a report by cybersecurity company Checkpoint Research, fake “vaccine passport certificates” are on sale for $250 on the dark web. “Users simply send their details and the money, and the seller emails back the fake documents,” the firm said in a blog post.

Checkpoint’s researchers also reached out to one of the scammers to understand how the process works and were assured that the vendors had done this for many people.