Fake Canadian COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates Surfaces online

As provinces and employers throughout Canada tighten restrictions on the unvaccinated or implement vaccine passports, fraudsters are attempting to profit by selling forged vaccination certificates online.

Sellers are selling fake proof-of-vaccination paperwork for many provinces that appear to be identical to the real thing. Some even claim to be able to enter information from forged certificates into official government databases.

For instance, on a report by the CBC News One seller was asking $200 in Bitcoin or Ethereum cryptocurrency for bogus proof-of-vaccination cards or QR codes for various jurisdictions, including Manitoba and British Columbia. They guarantee that the bogus documents will be sent within 48 hours by mail or “only a few hours” if provided electronically.

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Within minutes after contacting the vendor, they produced a photograph of an Ontario proof-of-vaccination form that looks to be identical to those issued by several Ontario vaccination clinics.

Photos provided online by a seller of phony proof-of-vaccination documents for British Columbia and Manitoba appear to be identical to legitimate documents.

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The seller boasted that information on the bogus cards is entered in provincial databases.

Similarly, there has been reports of people getting fake Covid 19 certificates in Nigeria without being vaccinated.

Pulse Ng had reported sometime in September that the Federal Government of Nigeria had issued a warning to Nigerians about a recent trend of people creating and selling counterfeit COVID-19 immunization cards.

Nigeria began its vaccination program in March, and since then, nearly four million people have received at least one dose of the AstraZeneca or Moderna vaccines.

Despite the fact that the vaccine is provided free of charge, Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, stated at a media conference that reports have been received of people attempting to obtain cards without receiving the vaccine.