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There are massive COVID vaccinations all over the world. People do PCR tests and receive special certificates - passports, without which it is almost impossible to travel and move between countries.
The topic of vaccination has become especially relevant with the beginning of the holiday season and the opening of the borders of resort countries. At the same time, many sellers have appeared on the Internet offering to buy fake vaccination passports and negative tests.
Telegram-channel In4security has calculated that in May alone, about 360 sites with the sale of such services appeared. Prices for PCR tests start at $ 15, and for passports from $ 150. They sell fake passports and certificates on forums, shadow resources and Telegram.
We found a channel that sells shadow services: fake documents, medical certificates, and so on. The post about the sale of vaccination passports was made on February 16:
And a post about PCR tests from January 19:
We contacted the seller of such services and took a short interview with him on this topic.
How many more buyers have there been recently and what is the reason?
If we are talking about PCR tests, then the season itself begins now, as people go on vacation to the seas and to other countries. These pieces of paper are required both when leaving and when returning to the country. Compared to the beginning of May, I can confidently say that the demand has doubled for sure. Passports have appeared recently, so they are less popular, but there is still a smooth growth in demand.
There is clearly more competition, but are prices going up because of this?
I cannot say that competition is felt, since the product is new and not everyone now has such “solutions”. I would call it exclusive.
I don’t know about my colleagues, but as the volume grows, I have the opportunity to reduce the price. Therefore, I would say that the price will fall, but only slightly. The only caveat: my supplier recently reported that the price of the vaccine itself has gone up, which surprised me a little. In general, this will not affect the price for the end customer.
What is the average bill per customer? What else do they buy with passports / tests?
Passports are often taken immediately for the whole family. And after receiving, they also take on friends. According to tests, the story is the same: they rarely rest alone, so they take it for several people at once. Usually, if there are a lot of people, I make a discount. On average, one customer takes 1-3 passports / tests.
Who and why most often orders references and certificates? Can I make them myself? There was a situation recently when a person forged a certificate and flew to Georgia.
Tests are taken for trips abroad. Often for business trips, to work, a couple of times they took them to court. Once, we smeared a person from arrest for 15 days with a positive test. Not only Russians, but also foreigners apply for tests.
Certificates are also required in many places: at work, for traveling abroad. This allows people to save money on tests. So far, we are making certificates only for Russian citizens. It is unlikely that it will be possible to make a certificate or passport on your own, it is better not to risk it.
Have there been cases when a fake was opened? There was a recent situation when a bus of Belarusians was not allowed to enter Ukraine because of fake tests.
If we talk about vaccination passports, then the data that you were "chipped" is entered on the State Service portal. If we are talking about PCR tests, then this is an ordinary piece of paper with a working QR code. More than 1,000 tests have been done and I can confidently say that there have not been any curiosities yet.
In the case of a vaccination passport, problems arise if the person is not attached to the clinic. Then the data can be entered into the State Services for a very long time. You have to write complaints on the portal and kick them.
Again, this is only because our state mechanisms work very poorly in this area. Poor interaction between State Services and the Ministry of Health. But even in such situations, we try from our side to provide full support to customers.
Who is involved in the main part of the provision of services and how much of the earnings does he take for himself?
The clinic takes care of the passports and takes most of them. But you need to understand that the vaccine costs money, the costs go to it as well. It is also true that the doctor assumes the main risks, so his share is slightly higher, of course.
Again, I repeat, PCR tests are very high quality copies of the originals with a working QR code. And they have an advantage over the originals: tests that we sell are done in 15 minutes - no one else has it faster. Situations happen different: it happened that people found out about these tests already on the plane. Panic, horror, they remember us, write, 15 minutes and everyone is saved. Words of gratitude make it clear that to some extent we are doing a good deed.
If we are talking about passports, then they need a license, which not all clinics have. Not every clinic decides to make passports without the presence of the patient, so I haven't felt much competition yet.
Aren't people afraid of throwing off a scan of their real passport? Have there ever been any precedents or stories? Maybe someone left a prepayment and then didn't get in touch or something else.
Surprisingly, people's trust in this regard is quite strong. A couple of times people doubted, but I always go forward and offer to write out the passport data in text.
If a person received a certificate, but did not send the remainder, we warn about a high degree of responsibility for scams and make it clear that a person can get into trouble that he cannot even imagine. After all, I have the data of his passport in my hands.
But I am interested in the person being satisfied and recommending us to their friends. I value and respect my clients. It's just that this is an extreme measure for those who think that he is smarter than everyone else.
In Telegram chats and forums, they often offer to buy PCR tests and vaccination passports. Are they spammers or competitors? How do you separate the scam from the real sellers?
Here you need to be as careful as possible. I think the bulk are kiddies. Although there is no competition, there is. Everyone decides the issue of trust in our sphere in their own way. To calculate kicks, you need to look at reviews, build on the price, ask for examples.
In the case of a passport, I go to meet the client and ask for an advance payment of 50%, not the entire amount. It is obvious to me that a person who provides this type of service must clearly and quickly give competent and detailed answers to all questions. Otherwise, it is either a kidok or an amateur, of which there are now a lot of divorced.
By the way, this morning I learned that there are competitors who do vaccinations with "posting" (entry into the register - editor's note), but without the piece of paper itself. The client complained that the vaccination was displayed on the State Services, but the certificate was never sent to him. It seems that this is only possible in Russia: to make a document on vaccination with a posting to the database without the document itself. Apparently, there was not enough paper. So check the availability of paper just in case. (laughs)
How much do you earn?
This is far from the main area of my activity. Without special expenses for advertising and promotion, I get about 130,000 rubles a month. This is about 50 references and 10-15 certificates monthly. I think there will be more in June.
How long does it take for each customer?
The PCR test is prepared quickly: 3 minutes to receive the application, 15 minutes to wait and the file is ready. It takes longer with a passport: people have to be consulted and answered their questions. I know what questions they will ask me and what to answer them, so now the consultation is faster than when I just started working.
Then the person makes a decision for 20 minutes, then pays me, throws off his data and I take it to work. We are waiting for the results of the first vaccination, we take a photo of the passport and send it to the client. The vaccination consists of two shots, between which 23 days must pass. After that, we finish the passport and send it to the client.
How long ago did you come to the shady business and how did it happen? Was it difficult? Can you tell us interesting moments, stories, fucking?
If we talk about the shadow business in general, then more than two years. Previously, I was engaged in legal affairs and knew how to competently communicate with people. I saw the demand for some things and understood where it could be obtained. Roughly speaking, it is an ordinary outbid.
At first I earned a penny. The bumps were piling up, the experience was gaining, the blanket began to stretch in my direction more and more. Now I have a fairly wide range of services in the shadow sector - a kind of aggregator of shadow services.
Unpleasant things happened, and more than once. Kidki, punctures, black PR. There was enough of everything, but with experience it all goes away.
First of all, I want to say that you need to clearly understand what you are doing and how much it goes against our criminal code. Absolutely, I will definitely not advise you to climb where the real time shines for you. And if you have already decided to try yourself in such areas, then you need to very closely study the issue of security.
By the main type of my activity, people are "shut down" very often. Today you talked with a person, did common things, and tomorrow he disappeared from the radar. No one will say exactly why and how, but everyone understands perfectly well: either the person climbed into the jungle and was punished for it, or somewhere he got pierced and got caught. You can tell a lot here, but this is a completely different story, as they say.
Have you had any problems with law enforcement?
So far, no problems have arisen in this area. But I am ready for them: you need to be clearly aware of what you are doing.
Do you want to add something from yourself?
I want to say that passports and certificates do not work at all. All this is done to make life as difficult for people as possible. Of course, I am not against vaccination, but it seems to me that too little time has passed so that one could inject Sputnik into oneself without much fear. History knows a lot of sad precedents, when one or another drug, not going through all the studies to the end, fell on the conveyor and "made dirt". Therefore, under conditions of obligation, it is obvious that for someone we are, for sure, a lifeline.
Expert opinion. An expert in the field of shadow services, Mikhail believes that demand will only grow:
Outcome
The emergence and popularization of such services is only a matter of time. Many countries require on arrival either a fresh PCR test or a vaccination certificate. News from the entertainment sector also makes you think: the organizers of the Nashestvie festival closed the entrance to guests without a negative test or certificate.
In such conditions, the demand for fake documents is only growing. Lawyers say that buying such certificates is a criminal offense. In Europe, where many have to take a test every three days without a vaccination certificate, this "business" has been flourishing since April.
The topic of vaccination has become especially relevant with the beginning of the holiday season and the opening of the borders of resort countries. At the same time, many sellers have appeared on the Internet offering to buy fake vaccination passports and negative tests.
Telegram-channel In4security has calculated that in May alone, about 360 sites with the sale of such services appeared. Prices for PCR tests start at $ 15, and for passports from $ 150. They sell fake passports and certificates on forums, shadow resources and Telegram.
We found a channel that sells shadow services: fake documents, medical certificates, and so on. The post about the sale of vaccination passports was made on February 16:
And a post about PCR tests from January 19:
We contacted the seller of such services and took a short interview with him on this topic.
How many more buyers have there been recently and what is the reason?
If we are talking about PCR tests, then the season itself begins now, as people go on vacation to the seas and to other countries. These pieces of paper are required both when leaving and when returning to the country. Compared to the beginning of May, I can confidently say that the demand has doubled for sure. Passports have appeared recently, so they are less popular, but there is still a smooth growth in demand.
There is clearly more competition, but are prices going up because of this?
I cannot say that competition is felt, since the product is new and not everyone now has such “solutions”. I would call it exclusive.
I don’t know about my colleagues, but as the volume grows, I have the opportunity to reduce the price. Therefore, I would say that the price will fall, but only slightly. The only caveat: my supplier recently reported that the price of the vaccine itself has gone up, which surprised me a little. In general, this will not affect the price for the end customer.
What is the average bill per customer? What else do they buy with passports / tests?
Passports are often taken immediately for the whole family. And after receiving, they also take on friends. According to tests, the story is the same: they rarely rest alone, so they take it for several people at once. Usually, if there are a lot of people, I make a discount. On average, one customer takes 1-3 passports / tests.
Who and why most often orders references and certificates? Can I make them myself? There was a situation recently when a person forged a certificate and flew to Georgia.
Tests are taken for trips abroad. Often for business trips, to work, a couple of times they took them to court. Once, we smeared a person from arrest for 15 days with a positive test. Not only Russians, but also foreigners apply for tests.
Certificates are also required in many places: at work, for traveling abroad. This allows people to save money on tests. So far, we are making certificates only for Russian citizens. It is unlikely that it will be possible to make a certificate or passport on your own, it is better not to risk it.
Have there been cases when a fake was opened? There was a recent situation when a bus of Belarusians was not allowed to enter Ukraine because of fake tests.
If we talk about vaccination passports, then the data that you were "chipped" is entered on the State Service portal. If we are talking about PCR tests, then this is an ordinary piece of paper with a working QR code. More than 1,000 tests have been done and I can confidently say that there have not been any curiosities yet.
In the case of a vaccination passport, problems arise if the person is not attached to the clinic. Then the data can be entered into the State Services for a very long time. You have to write complaints on the portal and kick them.
Again, this is only because our state mechanisms work very poorly in this area. Poor interaction between State Services and the Ministry of Health. But even in such situations, we try from our side to provide full support to customers.
Who is involved in the main part of the provision of services and how much of the earnings does he take for himself?
The clinic takes care of the passports and takes most of them. But you need to understand that the vaccine costs money, the costs go to it as well. It is also true that the doctor assumes the main risks, so his share is slightly higher, of course.
Again, I repeat, PCR tests are very high quality copies of the originals with a working QR code. And they have an advantage over the originals: tests that we sell are done in 15 minutes - no one else has it faster. Situations happen different: it happened that people found out about these tests already on the plane. Panic, horror, they remember us, write, 15 minutes and everyone is saved. Words of gratitude make it clear that to some extent we are doing a good deed.
If we are talking about passports, then they need a license, which not all clinics have. Not every clinic decides to make passports without the presence of the patient, so I haven't felt much competition yet.
Aren't people afraid of throwing off a scan of their real passport? Have there ever been any precedents or stories? Maybe someone left a prepayment and then didn't get in touch or something else.
Surprisingly, people's trust in this regard is quite strong. A couple of times people doubted, but I always go forward and offer to write out the passport data in text.
If a person received a certificate, but did not send the remainder, we warn about a high degree of responsibility for scams and make it clear that a person can get into trouble that he cannot even imagine. After all, I have the data of his passport in my hands.
But I am interested in the person being satisfied and recommending us to their friends. I value and respect my clients. It's just that this is an extreme measure for those who think that he is smarter than everyone else.
In Telegram chats and forums, they often offer to buy PCR tests and vaccination passports. Are they spammers or competitors? How do you separate the scam from the real sellers?
Here you need to be as careful as possible. I think the bulk are kiddies. Although there is no competition, there is. Everyone decides the issue of trust in our sphere in their own way. To calculate kicks, you need to look at reviews, build on the price, ask for examples.
In the case of a passport, I go to meet the client and ask for an advance payment of 50%, not the entire amount. It is obvious to me that a person who provides this type of service must clearly and quickly give competent and detailed answers to all questions. Otherwise, it is either a kidok or an amateur, of which there are now a lot of divorced.
By the way, this morning I learned that there are competitors who do vaccinations with "posting" (entry into the register - editor's note), but without the piece of paper itself. The client complained that the vaccination was displayed on the State Services, but the certificate was never sent to him. It seems that this is only possible in Russia: to make a document on vaccination with a posting to the database without the document itself. Apparently, there was not enough paper. So check the availability of paper just in case. (laughs)
How much do you earn?
This is far from the main area of my activity. Without special expenses for advertising and promotion, I get about 130,000 rubles a month. This is about 50 references and 10-15 certificates monthly. I think there will be more in June.
How long does it take for each customer?
The PCR test is prepared quickly: 3 minutes to receive the application, 15 minutes to wait and the file is ready. It takes longer with a passport: people have to be consulted and answered their questions. I know what questions they will ask me and what to answer them, so now the consultation is faster than when I just started working.
Then the person makes a decision for 20 minutes, then pays me, throws off his data and I take it to work. We are waiting for the results of the first vaccination, we take a photo of the passport and send it to the client. The vaccination consists of two shots, between which 23 days must pass. After that, we finish the passport and send it to the client.
How long ago did you come to the shady business and how did it happen? Was it difficult? Can you tell us interesting moments, stories, fucking?
If we talk about the shadow business in general, then more than two years. Previously, I was engaged in legal affairs and knew how to competently communicate with people. I saw the demand for some things and understood where it could be obtained. Roughly speaking, it is an ordinary outbid.
At first I earned a penny. The bumps were piling up, the experience was gaining, the blanket began to stretch in my direction more and more. Now I have a fairly wide range of services in the shadow sector - a kind of aggregator of shadow services.
Unpleasant things happened, and more than once. Kidki, punctures, black PR. There was enough of everything, but with experience it all goes away.
First of all, I want to say that you need to clearly understand what you are doing and how much it goes against our criminal code. Absolutely, I will definitely not advise you to climb where the real time shines for you. And if you have already decided to try yourself in such areas, then you need to very closely study the issue of security.
By the main type of my activity, people are "shut down" very often. Today you talked with a person, did common things, and tomorrow he disappeared from the radar. No one will say exactly why and how, but everyone understands perfectly well: either the person climbed into the jungle and was punished for it, or somewhere he got pierced and got caught. You can tell a lot here, but this is a completely different story, as they say.
Have you had any problems with law enforcement?
So far, no problems have arisen in this area. But I am ready for them: you need to be clearly aware of what you are doing.
Do you want to add something from yourself?
I want to say that passports and certificates do not work at all. All this is done to make life as difficult for people as possible. Of course, I am not against vaccination, but it seems to me that too little time has passed so that one could inject Sputnik into oneself without much fear. History knows a lot of sad precedents, when one or another drug, not going through all the studies to the end, fell on the conveyor and "made dirt". Therefore, under conditions of obligation, it is obvious that for someone we are, for sure, a lifeline.
Expert opinion. An expert in the field of shadow services, Mikhail believes that demand will only grow:
We do not share the opinion of the interview hero and believe that it is necessary to obtain certificates and passports in a legal way. Our goal is to show the scale of the shadow industry of counterfeit "covid" documents.
Outcome
The emergence and popularization of such services is only a matter of time. Many countries require on arrival either a fresh PCR test or a vaccination certificate. News from the entertainment sector also makes you think: the organizers of the Nashestvie festival closed the entrance to guests without a negative test or certificate.
In such conditions, the demand for fake documents is only growing. Lawyers say that buying such certificates is a criminal offense. In Europe, where many have to take a test every three days without a vaccination certificate, this "business" has been flourishing since April.
