{"id":31586,"date":"2020-12-17T13:38:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=31586"},"modified":"2020-12-17T13:38:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:38:54","slug":"psa-on-vaccine-swindles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/12\/17\/psa-on-vaccine-swindles\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA On Vaccine Swindles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciencebasedmedicine.org\/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-creates-new-scamming-opportunities-for-crooks\/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=covid-19-vaccine-rollout-creates-new-scamming-opportunities-for-crooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From<\/a> Jann Bellamy on <em>Science-Based Medicine<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochesterfirst.com\/coronavirus\/get-a-call-offering-you-an-early-covid-19-vaccine-its-a-scam\/\">media outlet in New York<\/a>\u00a0has already reported on recorded calls offering people a chance to avoid long lines and receive an early dose of the Pfizer vaccine for $79.99. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/covid-vaccine-scam-calls-better-business-bureau-fake\/8756518\/\">Better Business Bureau announced<\/a>\u00a0it is investigating vaccine distribution swindles offering consumers an earlier dose of the vaccine as well. Sometimes these calls come from a familiar caller ID name because \u201cmost consumers don\u2019t realize that caller ID can be changed by a simple computer program\u201d. (I added that last bit because, until I read it, I was one of those consumers.)<\/p>\n<p>Check Point, a cybersecurity firm,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.checkpoint.com\/2020\/12\/11\/covid-19-vaccines-touted-for-just-250-on-darknet\/\">found a number of vaccine \u201cvendors\u201d<\/a>\u00a0on dark web marketplaces exploiting the news of vaccine approval. For example, one vendor advertised the authorized Pfizer vaccine for $250 in Bitcoin, shipping from the U.S., the U.K., or Spain. Engaging in a dialogue with some vendors, researchers found another offering an unbranded COVID-19 vaccine for 0.01 Bitcoin (about $300), claiming that 14 doses were required.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It may be hard to believe, but yes these people exist. Think of them as mini-Trumps, out to make a buck regardless of how badly people get hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Be careful out there, people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Jann Bellamy on Science-Based Medicine: One\u00a0media outlet in New York\u00a0has already reported on recorded calls offering people a chance to avoid long lines and receive an early dose of the Pfizer vaccine for $79.99. The\u00a0Better Business Bureau announced\u00a0it is investigating vaccine distribution swindles offering consumers an earlier dose of \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/12\/17\/psa-on-vaccine-swindles\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31587,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31586\/revisions\/31587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}