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Advertisements are popping up on social media websites for fake vaccination cards.

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These ads offer fake COVID-19 vaccination record cards for sale or encourage others to print fake cards at home.

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Hi. I'm Andrea Avery, United States Postal Inspector.

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If you didn’t receive the vaccine, don't buy fake vaccination cards,

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don't make your own cards and don’t fill in blank vaccination record cards with false information.

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By misrepresenting yourself as vaccinated when entering schools, mass transit, workplaces, gyms, or places of worship,

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you put yourself and others around you at risk of contracting COVID-19.

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And, the unauthorized use of an official government agency's seal

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- in this case, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

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or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - is a federal crime.

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One more thing: don't post photos of your vaccine card to social media websites-your personal information could be stolen to commit fraud.

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For more information, visit USPIS.gov