If you have further questions, go to the official NHS or gov.uk website.By Alanna Jones and encourages teamwork, standardization and coordination.ĭepending on how many team members you have, divide them evenly into groups. And remember, the NHS won’t charge you for a COVID NHS pass, so any email asking for payment details should be deleted. Avoid clicking any links or attachments or handing over any information until the sender has been verified. If you are unsure whether a text or email is a scam, then assume it is.
Detecting these scams requires everyone to question messages they receive via phone, text or email. “In many cases, the emails purporting to come from the NHS look very convincing.
Now they’re capitalizing on the uncertainty surrounding vaccination certificates to dupe people into sharing login credentials and personal or financial information. US residents noted that COVID-19 vaccination providers could not charge you for a vaccine or charge you for any administration fees, copays or coinsurance.Ĭharles Brook, a threat intelligence researcher at Tessian, commented: “Throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen cyber-criminals leverage COVID-related trends as lures in their phishing campaigns.
Regarding the proof of vaccination scams, the researchers pointed out that NHS services are free for UK residents, and the institution would never ask for payment details or other financial information. The findings come during Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021, in which one of the themes is ‘Fight the Phish.’ This campaign urges online users to slow down and think before clicking on any suspicious emails, links or attachments.
Tessian also found more than one in three (35%) US citizens received a phishing email requesting proof of vaccination in the past six months.
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