Fraudulent website link shared as official COVID-19 Vaccination registration portal - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 2, 2021
A post with an attached website link is being shared on social media claiming it as the official portal for registering for the COVID-19 vaccination. The post asks people to register for COVID-19 vaccination using their mobile number on this portal. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: The website link to register for COVID-19 vaccination.
Fact: This link in the post opens a fraudulent website. The PIB mentioned it as a fake website impersonating the Government’s official portal to register for COVID-19 vaccination. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On 28 February 2021, the Government of India announced the COVID-19 vaccination registration portal ‘CO-WIN 2.0’. This portal was open for the general public on 01 March 2021 and can be accessed through www.cowin.gov.in. Co-WIN is a platform for Indian citizens to register for COVID-19 vaccination and schedule their vaccination slots at the nearest vaccination centres.
The PIB, through a tweet, clarified that a fraudulent website ‘https://selfregistration.preprod.co-vin.in/’ impersonating the official ‘CO-WIN’ website getting shared on social media. PIB mentioned this website as a fake website and informed people that any official information related to the COVID-19 vaccination drive is available on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website.
A website 'https://t.co/OgopT8KLTf' is impersonating the official #CoWIN website & is asking users to register for #COVID19 vaccination using mobile number.#PIBFactCheck: This is a FAKE website. Follow @MoHFW_INDIA for official information related to Covid vaccination drive. pic.twitter.com/Ul4DDCiI4R
To sum it up, a fraudulent link shared as the official website for COVID-19 vaccination registration.