Скачать или смотреть Why buying a fake COVID-19 vaccination card could endanger your personal information

As millions across the country continue to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some people are buying fake Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine cards online.

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General and the FBI announced Tuesday they are investigating this growing trend.

Beyond the simple relief they provide, these cards are likely to play a big role in our lives in the months and years to come.

And that means those little cards are in high demand.

“Some people either don't want to get the vaccine or haven't been able to get it yet, for whatever reason, so there is an impetus to potentially acquire these various proofs without actually attaining them through proper sources,” Brian Linder, an emerging threat expert for IT security company Check Point, said.

"Maybe they want to travel and they can't for whatever reason, maybe by choice they don't want the vaccine, or they can't get it either here in the in the U.S. or other any other place," he added.

Linder said that's contributing to the popularity of fake vaccination cards being sold online.

“There’s a huge market for this," he said. "I'll tell you that some of the fakes are quite convincing. It's impossible to tell.”

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