The Justice Department announced Sunday that it was taking action to shutter a website falsely claiming to have access to "vaccine kits" supposedly manufactured by the World Health Organization (WHO) to prevent coronavirus.
In a press release, Justice Department officials accused the unnamed operators of coronavirusmedicalkit.com of "engaging in a wire fraud scheme seeking to profit from the confusion and widespread fear surrounding COVID-19."
Text on the website, which currently remains online, falsely claims that buyers will receive kits that, when water is added, produce a self-administered coronavirus vaccine. The website adds that the kits are free if users enter their credit card information to pay a shipping charge.