Fake COVID-19 vaccines....by Paying in Bitcoins

[milewilda]

We are thrilled to finally have covid-19 vaccines ready to be released on the market for the use of millions of people to prevent the virus. We are glad that the vaccines have been successful and some people have been injected as a test.

But what if even the vaccine that was really necessary for the safety of our health is fake? And you can buy it with your Bitcoin?

Paying bitcoin for the covid-19 vaccine is really good if it is not a fake vaccine and hopefully the government will allow it so that people who want to buy the vaccine have options.

Also, be careful everyone and be observant to avoid the fake vaccine because for sure it has a detrimental effect on our health.

Typical thing to exist just like even with fiat transaction where everything can be faked and those sellers in Darknet had really came up with an idea on taking the advantage
of the current pandemic situation where they do claim out that they do have some vaccines and due to desperation then some people who do have bitcoins will really risk out
on buying those and if it turns out to be faked then you cant possibly go after with the seller since its anonymous.This is a common scenario where criminals do really
take advantage with anonymity or cant be traced up because even if they do illegal things they wont really be get imprisoned with that.

[jaysabi]

At the end of the day, unless you are buying from a reputable medical institution then it is unlikely you will be able to get a real coronavirus vaccine and someone might be injecting you with any old rubbish. I don't know of any medical institutions that accept Bitcoin so you might as well give up on the idea and just wait in line to be notified by a government agency for when it is your turn. Stay safe, keep washing your hands regularly and wear a mask in any public indoor locations to lower your chance of catching it.

Exactly.  If someone is trying to sell you a vaccine for bitcoin, run-don't-walk in the other direction.  It is mind-numbingly easy to discern the difference from between a real vaccine distribution point and a scam one.  Your doctor - real vaccine.  Any place your doctor directs you to for the vaccine - real vaccine.  Eventually, CVS and Walgreens and other pharmacies will have the vaccine.  However, clicking on any ad on the internet about the vaccine - likely fake.  Any place that requires you to pay for the vaccine in cash or bitcoin - definitely fake.

This isn't rocket science.

[AmoreJaz]

At the end of the day, unless you are buying from a reputable medical institution then it is unlikely you will be able to get a real coronavirus vaccine and someone might be injecting you with any old rubbish. I don't know of any medical institutions that accept Bitcoin so you might as well give up on the idea and just wait in line to be notified by a government agency for when it is your turn. Stay safe, keep washing your hands regularly and wear a mask in any public indoor locations to lower your chance of catching it.

pretty simple decision here. to avoid these fake sellers, just deal with authorised institutions only. you are already paying a hefty amount, why not approach legit medical institutions that are providing this vaccine? also, just convert your btc to your local fiat if they are not accepting crypto. wont be that hard. dont look for something that is not there.

Exactly.  If someone is trying to sell you a vaccine for bitcoin, run-don't-walk in the other direction.  It is mind-numbingly easy to discern the difference from between a real vaccine distribution point and a scam one.  Your doctor - real vaccine.  Any place your doctor directs you to for the vaccine - real vaccine.  Eventually, CVS and Walgreens and other pharmacies will have the vaccine.  However, clicking on any ad on the internet about the vaccine - likely fake.  Any place that requires you to pay for the vaccine in cash or bitcoin - definitely fake.

This isn't rocket science.

dont understand why people will go to these online scammers rather than deal with real doctors?

[bayu7adi]

A recent report by Checkpoint Research has shown there has been an alarming increase in the amount of fake COVID-19 vaccines available on the dark web. Anybody, who is able to solve the mystery of the dark web, can order and purchase these fake vaccines...but by paying in bitcoins.
https://www.wionews.com/world/fake-covid-19-vaccines-surge-on-dark-web-research-349804

There is no problem in buying and selling goods with bitcoin, but....
It is highly discouraged to make transactions through unofficial and dangerous channels such as on the DarkWeb. The vaccine is not an ordinary cold medicine, but it is a liquid that will be injected into our bodies, mix with our blood, flesh and bones, react with the brain and other body organs.

Taking the risk of transacting on the darkweb just selfishly using Bitcoin as payment, is the most ridiculous thing to endanger yourself. This could be suicide.

[adzino]

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A recent report by Checkpoint Research has shown there has been an alarming increase in the amount of fake COVID-19 vaccines available on the dark web. Anybody, who is able to solve the mystery of the dark web, can order and purchase these fake vaccines...but by paying in bitcoins.

The concept of paying through bitcoins, and not traditional money has made tracking these transactions harder for the experts.

"When researchers communicated with one vendor, they offered to sell an unspecified Covid-19 vaccine for 0.01 BTC (around US$300), and claimed that 14 doses were required.

These fake vaccines are being sold in the name of leading pharmaceuticals and are being priced for nearly $250 and above. "The range of medicines advertised by these vendors is extensive, from ‘available coronavirus vaccine $250’ to ‘Say bye bye to COVID19=CHLOROQUINE PHOSPHATE’ to ‘Buy fast.CORONA-VIRUS VACCINE IS OUT NOW’, and we have no way of knowing whether these are genuine," the post reads.

https://www.wionews.com/world/fake-covid-19-vaccines-surge-on-dark-web-research-349804

Paying bitcoin for the covid-19 vaccine is really good if it is not a fake vaccine and hopefully the government will allow it so that people who want to buy the vaccine have options.

Also, be careful everyone and be observant to avoid the fake vaccine because for sure it has a detrimental effect on our health.

Lmao. Are people this dumb to buy vaccine off the dark market? Why would someone even think of buying vaccines from the dark web when they will be available soon and for even cheaper price. Doesn't matter if it is genuine or fake, you just don't buy it off the dark market! You don't even know what's that vaccine made of. If its fake (which is almost highly likely) then you might end up injecting yourself with something pestilential. They maybe real too and stolen from the lab samples. But, they still haven't been approved so you never know whats going to happen to you until it happens!

[Janation]

Why people need to buy vaccines when Govt will distribute them at a very low cost and even free in some countries. Also till now, two approved vaccines need certain conditions to preserve. Moderna’s vaccine requires minus 20-degree temperature and Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine needs minus 70 degrees temperature which even many countries don't have facilities to preserve. So how people will buy and preserve those vaccines.

Obviously most of them wanted to be the first ones.

They are desperate and I think even with the bitcoins they have to buy these fake vaccines, they should stop doing it. As they've said, it is not bad to buy using Bitcoin but they should also be careful as not all of these sources are authentic or legitimate, that is so dangerous.

[davis196]

Buying a COVID-19 vaccine online?Only retards can imagine such idea.I assume that the people,who want to buy coronavirus vaccines online are the same,who believe that 5G internet spreads the coronavirus.
Vaccines will be free and people won't have to pay for anything.Vaccination is voluntary and will remain voluntary.
Selling fake COVID-19 vaccines online is the most stupid scam I've seen so far.Unfortunately,the scammers have a wild imagination and we might witness even more retarded and stupid scams after this one.

[Kakmakr]

They are targeting the small group of conspiracy theorists out there that believe in some wild theory, that the Vaccine is some type of Nano tracking mechanism or a tool for mass surveillance. So by buying this from the "DarkWeb" ....they could administer this by themselves and not go through the official procedure where every dose of the Vaccine is linked to a specific person.   

So buy buying this on the "Darkweb", you are supposedly invisible to any government that wants to use this to trace people or to gather their information. 

[20kevin20]

They are targeting the small group of conspiracy theorists out there that believe in some wild theory, that the Vaccine is some type of Nano tracking mechanism or a tool for mass surveillance. So by buying this from the "DarkWeb" ....they could administer this by themselves and not go through the official procedure where every dose of the Vaccine is linked to a specific person.  

So buy buying this on the "Darkweb", you are supposedly invisible to any government that wants to use this to trace people or to gather their information.  

Even that falls short because the conspiracy basically says we're going to be injected with some nanoparticles that are supposedly inside the substance itself. Those who are against the vaccine will likely not want to be vaccinated whether it's from the dark market or not.

Like, if you are suspicious about the COVID vaccine then why the hell would you purchase one off the black markets, lol, at least the legit one has a label..

As for "paying in Bitcoins for fake vaccines", well, dark markets are likely never going to accept PayPal or VISA since they have a damn decentralized alternative. My gov has announced that the vaccine will be free to whoever wants it, so why even pay for it..

[Mauser]

Don't trust any vaccines that are being sold online, the are all fake and scams. The vaccine is accessible by ordinary people as the purchases are done via governments in large quantity. Also there are special requirements to store the vaccine, if it would be sold via the postal services it would likely be ineffective.

[Sirait]

^ the president of my country openly said that he would free all vaccines for citizens. so that our citizens don't have to pay any money for vaccines. Be careful with those who sell the Covid 19 vaccine illegally because it will definitely endanger yourself.

[nemey]

I myself am still very doubtful about the vaccine. Moreover, the Covid-19 virus, which is still a lot of questions. What is still a mystery actually really exists or is just a political trick. So to pay for the vaccine using Bitcoin, I will definitely never do it.

[Sithara007]

Why people need to buy vaccines when Govt will distribute them at a very low cost and even free in some countries. Also till now, two approved vaccines need certain conditions to preserve. Moderna’s vaccine requires minus 20-degree temperature and Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine needs minus 70 degrees temperature which even many countries don't have facilities to preserve. So how people will buy and preserve those vaccines.

Eventually the government will distribute the vaccines for free, but it may take a lot of time. If you belong to a "low priority" demographic group and in case you are residing in a developed nations, then the chances are that you may need to wait until 2022 or even 2023 to get vaccinated. This scenario scares a lot of people, and that is why some of them are trying to purchase the vaccine from dark markets.

[lovesmayfamilis]

It's great when everyone here understands the dangers of using a vaccine that fraudsters can distribute.
But let's not fool ourselves that the danger can be very great. This is a large criminal group that works in a very organized manner. It is no coincidence that Interpol warned law enforcement agencies in 194 countries of the impending danger.

“While governments are preparing to introduce vaccines, criminal organizations are planning to infiltrate or disrupt supply chains,” said Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock.

https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2020/INTERPOL-warns-of-organized-crime-threat-to-COVID-19-vaccines


All kinds of "businessmen" who are not awarded with any moral qualities, having bought such fake vaccines, can organize a very high-quality theater, which will be presented to citizens as a supposedly official center.
Therefore, you are right, everyone who agrees to vaccinate themselves should very carefully check those whom they decide to trust.

[inanilujimi]

It's not that I'm critical of buying vaccines with bitcoin, but if it's not the right thing who guarantees the safety of those who have used it?
Even in the country itself, there is a discourse about giving vaccines free of charge to the entire population, but if they themselves (the government) do not vaccinate first, why are we risking our lives? because life is not money that can be sought again when you don't have it.

[NeuroticFish]

All kinds of "businessmen" who are not awarded with any moral qualities, having bought such fake vaccines, can organize a very high-quality theater, which will be presented to citizens as a supposedly official center.

I don't expect that such move would be profitable, since governments will probably give out the vaccines for free.
There's much more money into infiltrating into the supply chain and deliver the vaccines to the official institutions and getting paid for that.
Especially now, when every government is in a hurry to prove they care, mistakes or intentional (by bribery) infiltration can happen.

Also the dark web market, although I expect to be rather small (because the vaccine will come for free), it's still there. There are quite a number of desperate people(*), who want to go out and get back to "normal life" or their jobs/businesses and expect miracles from the vaccine. Those may try to buy in order to not have to wait and unfortunately those may get scammed big time.

(*) This is based on the news that in Japan, more people died from suicide last month than from Covid in all of 2020.

[Noctis Connor]

Who in their right minds would buy covid-19 vaccines on the black market? Even if it were the right product there's no way to know whether it's been stored appropiately. Even mail delivery times would already cause trouble, at least with the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine.

Also keep in mind that many governments are going to vaccinate their citizens for free (or at least especially affected people such as health care workers or people with pre-existing conditions).

Maybe their trying to make more money for this kind into black market and trying to fool people by ordering this vaccine for them to become the first to sell it, haven't you read the news that pfizer got hack? Source : https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55249353 Maybe those hacker who did this and sold it.

We know that government are going to vaccinate their own people but other countries like mine you need to pay for the vaccine for $65Dollars this is insane and we will got our vaccine in Febuarary 2021 i hope our government will open their eyes not to sell this vaccine because of what people experienced because of this pandemic.

[Casdinyard]

Bit not surprising to know that Bitcoin is being linked with production or purchase of vaccines. These two are having  wide popularity this year and ofcourse there will be people who will take advantage of the situation because of money. I do believe that vaccine is already being Secretly distributed but only to those who are rich because they'll be the ones to be able to pay huge amount for the sake of assurance that in the first place, exclusivity will be promoted due to high demand of the vaccine. And for sure there are people who will use the popularity to make money out of the situation. Why Bitcoin? popularity could also be the factor but I think its decentralisation will be something as its introduction to those who are not really aware of its nature. Instances more likely states that transaction will not be traced so things will be under the table. Then those who can afford, will bite the opportunity. It is just a sad reality we are having that heirchy will be obvious during tough times.

[oHnK]

Why people need to buy vaccines when Govt will distribute them at a very low cost and even free in some countries. Also till now, two approved vaccines need certain conditions to preserve. Moderna’s vaccine requires minus 20-degree temperature and Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine needs minus 70 degrees temperature which even many countries don't have facilities to preserve. So how people will buy and preserve those vaccines.

This scenario scares a lot of people, and that is why some of them are trying to purchase the vaccine from dark markets.

I think the reason behind buying vaccines on the dark web to getting fake vaccines is not an excuse because of the feeling of despair over the long distribution of free vaccines from the government. People who can access the dark web are not just anyone, those who can access are people who can decode special codes so they can enter the deepest parts of the internet.

The dark web is also not a trusted online shopping site, the dark web is a place for many crimes and illegal acts. How could someone who is desperate and in the category of ordinary people want to buy on the dark web? The purpose of the purchase is certain for other negative things because what it is aiming at is a hotbed of evil, and it's no wonder that Bitcoin is used in transactions because only Bitcoin transactions are difficult to trace.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Though it wouldn't surprise me in the least if there were some morons offering a COVID-19 vaccine for sale on the dark net (I've never even visited that side of the internet, but I've heard plenty of stories), you'd have to be an even bigger moron to spend bitcoin to buy it that way.  It's so new that it isn't likely there's been much diverted from wherever it's being manufactured, and that's the only way I can think of that it'd end up for sale on the black market.  Much more likely whatever you receive (if you receive anything at all) is fake.

Is this a real thing or just news hype?  I'm betting it's actually the latter.  There's so much stupid fake news out there that you have to be exceedingly careful what you believe--and I have a hard time believing that this is actually happening outside of one or two cases.