AN URGENT warning has been made by trading standards in Southend over fake Covid vaccine passport emails.
Southend Trading Standards has urged all recipients of any email claiming to offer vaccine passports to ignore it.
Scam emails have been sent impersonating the NHS which invite them to apply for a Covid vaccine passport.
READ MORE:
Legal requirement to wear face masks set to be scrapped as early as next month
Call for museum to house Saxon king’s gold relics next to library site
A Trading Standards spokesman said: "One email had the subject title 'We are happy to introduce Digital Coronavirus Passports'.
"Clicking on the 'Get Digital Passport' link takes you to a convincing but fake NHS website that asks for personal and payment details for a 'process fee'. The website has since been taken down.
"Remember, your vaccination status is obtained FREE through the NHS App, NHS website or via phoning the NHS on 119.
"More information can be found on the government website."
For more inforation, click here.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here