The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on individual lives. While people are struggling to overcome the unforeseen calamity, cybercriminals are taking the best advantage of the situation. Also Read – COVID-19 data leaked online, government denies data breach from Cowin portal
With the surge of COVID cases due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, the government in India started administering precautionary doses for citizens above 60 years of age. While the initiative is taken to bring the cases down, miscreants are coming up with new ideas for scams. In the latest COVID booster shot scam, the fraudsters camouflaged as health officials are trying to trick people and take their bank account details. Here’s how the miscreants are trying to dupe people- Also Read – CoWin portal update: Users can now register six members using a single phone number
COVID booster shot scam, the new hoodwink in town
As mentioned before, miscreants masquerading as health officials give a call to people, mostly elderlies given the precautionary booster is only allotted for senior citizens at the time being. The fraudsters then ask if the individual has taken the second dose along with address, phone number, etc. To one’s surprise, in some cases, the caller already has the necessary details including the date of vaccination. Also Read – How to save your gaming accounts from getting hacked…
