Senior Citizens Are at Greater Risk of Falling for COVID Scams

The global Covid-19 pandemic doesn't look like it's going to release its hold on societies the world over in the immediate future. Even with vaccination slowly shifting into gear, the end of this painful stretch doesn't really look clear.

Bad actors are doing their best to abuse the current situation and use every twist and turn along the way to scam people.

The UK National Economic Crime Centre has alerted the British population against frauds and scams that seem to rob people of their money. The elderly are particularly vulnerable to this sort of fraud, for a number of reasons.

Scammers are using everything they can, including emails, phone calls and text messages, attempting to impersonate UK health authorities in the face of National Health Service.

Authorities have issued warnings that anyone claiming to work with the NHS who contacts you and attempts to offer you Covid vaccine against any sort of payment is a scammer.

The bad actors are abusing the heightened anxiety of people, especially the elderly, over the virus and are doing everything they can to abuse it. In certain cases, the fraudsters don't simply rob people of their money, they also put their lives and well-being at risk.

In one specific case, a scammer took £160 from his victim - an elderly woman - for a dose of the fake vaccine and went on to inject her with an unknown substance. Thankfully, the woman showed no signs of illness and remained in good health after the incident.

The authorities have been issuing warnings about Covid vaccine-related scams for a while and this is just the latest one in a series.

People need to be made well aware that the health institutions will never ask for credit card or banking details, or approach them with any sort of request for money. Vaccination is free and will proceed in stages, as determined by the NHS.