Police sound warning to Derbyshire residents over vaccination scam email
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The fake message purports to be from the NHS asks the receiver to either accept or decline a coronavirus vaccination ‘invitation’.
Clay Cross SNT posted a screenshot of the message on their Facebook page, adding: “Some of you may have received an email like this over the last few days. This is a scam email.
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Hide Ad"You will only receive a letter or call from your doctors surgery advising you of your vaccination.
"If you do receive an email like this, then please forward it to [email protected].
“Please make sure your friends and family know about this.”
According to ActionFraud, there have been 91 reports of vaccine scams since the pandemic began.
A small number of people have even reported ‘NHS staff’ arriving unannounced at their home address to give them the vaccine before the victims were asked for payment.