Paranoid anti-vaxxers are buying fake COVID passes for bitcoin
Scam mers who fooled anti-vaxxers into paying up to $500 in bitcoin for dodgy COVID-19 vaccine passes have reportedly raked in more than $280,000 in crypto, reports WIRED. Researchers at disinformation detection company Logically found over a thousand accounts on X (formerly Twitter) luring anti-vaxxers into Telegram channels where fake doctors attempt to sell various fraudulent medical documents. Logically claims that the anti-vaxxer scam network, stretching back to at least June 2022, has reached over 3 million people, made 62,000 posts, and processed $286,000 in crypto. One Scam group reportedly sells COVID-related travel passes for anywhere between $250 and $500 in bitcoin . Others play on anti-vaxxers ’ “vulnerabilities to being paranoid about things like the next pandemic, or other kinds of vaccines” to offer false tuberculosis, tetanus, or polio results. ‘Unvaccinated sperm will be the next bitcoin’ lives on post-Covid Read more: Twitter ve...