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riversedge

(70,359 posts)
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 08:35 AM Jan 2021

The Better Business Bureau warns you not to share your vaccination card on social media.

Good advice






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People are sharing their vaccination cards on social media. Here’s why you probably shouldn’t

A Department of Health and Human Services employee holds a COVID-19 vaccine record card at Operation Warp Speed headquarters in Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2020. The cards were sent out as part of vaccination kits from Operation Warp Speed.(U.S. Department of Defense)



Published: Jan. 29, 2021 at 4:50 PM CST|Updated: 13 hours ago

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Folks who have already gotten their vaccinations are starting to share photos of their vaccination cards on social media.

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But posing for a selfie with that vaccination card could leave you open to identity theft.

The card has your full name on it after all. It also has your birthday and information about where you got your vaccine. Match that with the information already available about you on your social media profiles and through your digital signature (hint: it’s a lot) and someone could be well on their way to appropriating your identity online.

But that’s not all. Posting your vaccination card could also make it easier for scammers to create phony versions of those cards.

According to BBB, scammers in Great Britain were caught selling fake vaccination cards on eBay and TikTok.
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The Better Business Bureau warns you not to share your vaccination card on social media. (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2021 OP
I'm tempted to say... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2021 #1

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,788 posts)
1. I'm tempted to say...
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 08:46 AM
Jan 2021

If they are that ignorant let them get all that’s coming to them.

But I’ve changed my ways and am trying to be more tolerant


Still deciding if I want to use the sarcasm thingy.

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