An Instagram account with the username "vaccinationcards" sells laminated COVID-19 vaccination cards for $25 each. A user on the encrypted messaging app, Telegram, offers "COVID-19 Vaccine Cards Certificates," for as much as $200 apiece. An increasing number of inquiries to these sites and similar ones appear to be from those who are trying to get fake vaccination cards for college. A Reddit user commented on a thread about falsifying COVID-19 vaccination cards, saying, in part, "I need one, too, for college. FAKE COVID-19 VACCINATION CARDS ARE ON THE RISE IN US, EUROPEOn Twitter, one user with more than 70,000 followers tweeted, "My daughter bought 2 fake ID’s online for $50 while in college.

Source: Fox News August 09, 2021 16:18 UTC