The Department of Justice Pursues Covid-19 Fraudsters Peddling Fake Vaccine Kits

Scammers have utilized every tool at their disposal to pry credit card numbers, passwords, and Medicare information out of consumers during the covid-19 outbreak: robocalls, phishing emails, and texts masked as World Health Organization PSAs; e-commerce facades advertising household items; sham charities; and, especially, promises of a non-existent vaccine. This weekend, the Department of Justice announced its first target, the unnamed creator of a website called “coronavirusmedicalkit.com.” The site claimed to distribute World Health Organization “vaccine kits” for the suspiciously low price of $4.95.