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    <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Scam" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/scam.html">Scam</a>mers who fooled <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="anti-vaxxers" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/anti-vaxxers.html">anti-vaxxers</a> into paying up to $500 in <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="bitcoin" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/bitcoin.html">bitcoin</a> for dodgy COVID-19 vaccine <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="passes" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/passes.html">passes</a> have reportedly raked in more than $280,000 in crypto, reports WIRED.&nbsp;</p>
    <p>Researchers at disinformation detection company Logically found over a thousand accounts on X (formerly Twitter) luring anti-vaxxers into Telegram channels where fake doctors attempt to sell various fraudulent medical documents.&nbsp;</p>
    <p>Logically claims that the anti-vaxxer scam network, stretching back to at least June 2022, has reached over 3 million people, made 62,000 posts, and processed $286,000 in crypto.</p>
    <p>One <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Scam" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/scam.html">Scam</a> group reportedly sells COVID-related travel <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="passes" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/passes.html">passes</a> for anywhere <strong>between $250 and $500 in <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="bitcoin" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/bitcoin.html">bitcoin</a></strong>. Others play on <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="anti-vaxxers" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/anti-vaxxers.html">anti-vaxxers</a>’ “vulnerabilities to being paranoid about things like the next pandemic, or other kinds of vaccines” to offer false tuberculosis, tetanus, or polio results.&nbsp;</p>
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    <p><em>Read more: Twitter verification is making scammers millions — here’s how</em></p>
    <p>Of the 60 Telegram channels selling fake documents, 25 contain admins using a “Dr.” prefix, and 13 channels reportedly use the likeness of real medical professionals. One channel calls itself a “coalition of doctors” and its owner uses the name of a real plastic surgeon with roughly 50,000 social media followers.&nbsp;</p>
    <p>A Texas-based doctor being impersonated by the scammers told WIRED, “When people are able to take that likeness and use it for bad purposes, whether it’s fraud, whether it’s misinformation, I think it’s really scary.” They added that <strong>scammers can now use AI to make fake videos</strong>, making it “really hard for an average person to sort out if this is a fake account or not.”</p>
    <p>Researchers claim it’s unlikely any buyers receive the documents they purchase and the operation is likely financially motivated.</p>
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Paranoid anti-vaxxers are buying fake COVID passes for bitcoin

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