{"id":90319,"date":"2021-09-09T14:49:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T09:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.quickheal.com\/?p=90319"},"modified":"2023-08-08T18:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T13:08:03","slug":"scam-alert-covid-19-vaccine-phishing-and-money-scam-hits-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/scam-alert-covid-19-vaccine-phishing-and-money-scam-hits-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam Alert: Covid-19 Vaccine Phishing and Money Scam Hits India"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the COVID-19 vaccination drive kicks off in India, phishing scammers are looking to cash in on people’s quest to get the vaccine. Adversaries are tricking users into handing over cash or financial details in a recent bolstered vaccination scam<\/a> through some bogus websites. Here’s how these scammers benefit themselves and put beneficiaries at potential harm.<\/p>\n

From Phishing to Money Scam: How Scammers are taking advantage of users? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Scammers were prevalent throughout the pandemic. Since the start, fraudsters have been bombarding consumers with new tricks, using their own versions of fake Co-WIN websites to extract money from users.<\/p>\n

When users access the website www[.]indiavaccine1[.]com<\/u><\/a>, coming in the SMS, they are redirected to a home page for Vaccine Reservation, where they are asked to pay rupees 3960 INR for two doses in advance. Users are given an assurance of refund once the vaccination is done.<\/p>\n

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The detailed analysis of the money scam by Quick Heal Security Labs is as below. The home page contains three submenus redirecting the user to http[:]\/\/shenqiwunet[.]com fake web page \u2013<\/p>\n