Мошенники пытались продать 400 млн доз «вакцины от коронавируса» на 3 млрд евро. «Возможно, это просто соленая вода в ампулах»
Мошенники попытались сбыть правительствам стран Евросоюза 400 млн доз контрафактной вакцины от коронавируса на сумму примерно в 3 млрд евро. Об этом 25 февраля сообщает Reuters со ссылкой на источники в Еврокомиссии.
«Никто не знает, что на самом деле находится в этих ампулах. Возможно, мы просто говорим о соленой воде в небольших ампулах. В лучшем случае это просто не работает, в худшем — это очень серьезная проблема», — заявил собеседник агентства.
Ранее уже сообщалось о том, что в даркнете появились сотни объявлений о продаже вакцин от COVID-19. Стоимость составляет от 250 до 1000 долларов за дозу, расплачиваться можно биткойнами. В России также фиксировали случаи мошенничества с продажей вакцин от коронавируса через интернет.
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BERLIN/BRUSSELS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Fraudsters have offered 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines worth some 3 billion euros to European Union countries, two officials, showing how criminals seek to capitalise on a botched inoculation campaign weighing on the bloc's economic recovery.
EU leaders will discuss by videoconference on Thursday how to protect their 450 million citizens from new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus, ensure stable vaccine deliveries, ramp up production and update jabs to counter new strains.
Two officials with the bloc's executive European Commission estimated that around 400 million doses of "ghost" vaccine had been offered by fraudsters at a price of up to 3 billion euros ($3.67 billion).
"There is a really large quantity," one said. "Nobody has any idea what is actually in these vials...The best case is it's just not working, in the worst case it's a very serious issue."
The official, who noted that most of the shots offered to EU governments by traders were purportedly the AstraZeneca vaccine, compared the situation to the start of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 when criminal exploited a shortage of masks and other protective equipment.
A second official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Commission was worried about "ghost" vaccines.
"It is unclear whether these are genuine vaccine doses or if we are just talking about salt water in small vials," the official told Reuters.
The EU had warned already that vaccine fraud was on the rise, with fake doses circulating on the market, but the extent of the problem has been unclear until now. ($1 = 0.8179 euros) (Reporting by Sabine Siebold, John Chalmers, Writing by Gabriela Baczynska Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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