Residents across the country have reported being targeted by email fraudsters over recent days. The email, which purports to be from the NHS, tells the reader they have been selected to receive the coronavirus vaccine from the health service. It asks them to click on a link inside the email. However, this link is part of a phishing scam, a way of tricking residents into giving out personal information. Some residents have been asked to make payment to secure their vaccine. The NHS will never ask for payment for the vaccine. Essex Trading Standards said: Lots of reports overnight from people who have received this scam email.
Warnings have been issued by concerned Isle of Wight residents after scammers, purporting to be providing the coronavirus vaccine, have approached them in recent days.