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Old 01-10-2021, 10:14 PM
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Is this legitimate? Wanted photo of insurance card and SS #.
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Old 01-10-2021, 10:18 PM
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This site says it's a private worldwide health provider. I would never give out the information they are requesting, ss number, full name, birthdate, medicare number, etc. Opens yourself up to fraud.
The Villages News should have checked before posting. The US govt does not require any of this info for a vaccine. Beware.
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Old 01-10-2021, 10:25 PM
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Is this legitimate? Wanted photo of insurance card and SS #.
Don't know where the photo you posted is from but that isn't The Villages Daily Sun logo or name as it appears on Facebook. I wouldn't give them that info.
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Old 01-10-2021, 10:27 PM
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I would not trust it.
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Old 01-10-2021, 10:31 PM
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Takes you here

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Old 01-10-2021, 10:39 PM
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I thought the timing was odd. Didn’t expect to be registering at 9:00 on a Sunday night. I stopped reading as soon as I saw they wanted SSN and insurance info. I’ve had enough phishing emails for the red flags to fly over this one.
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Old 01-10-2021, 10:41 PM
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There was an article about this on the front page of The Villages Daily Sun this past Saturday. Large scale vaccine distribution run by Global Medical Response. This was an announcement by the State of Florida Department of Health.
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Unless I saw the article myself, I still wouldn't trust it. I tried searching the online version of the Daily Sun but could find no information about this.

I tried searching the Sumter County and Florida State Dept of Health but could find no information about this.

The link does not go to the Access2Care site - I have tested that.

The site the link goes to has the Access2Care and Global Medical Response logos but oddly, you can't click the logos to get to the official sites.

The only two links you can click on the saferestart.net page are the ones that ask for more information.

Saferestart seems to be about medical assessments and monitoring for returning to work and not about scheduling vaccinations.

As others have pointed out, that level of personal info should not be necessary to register for a vaccination.

And all of this might just be wrong and the site really is legitimate but I would not provide my information until I personally saw a notification from an official Govt source about this site.
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Old 01-11-2021, 05:04 AM
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Never ever ever give anybody your information until you prove beyond a question that they are legit,
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Old 01-11-2021, 05:46 AM
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No way. I will wait for my doctors office to get vaccinated
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Old 01-11-2021, 05:47 AM
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By law, s.s. numbers or are 🚫 t legally required by anyone .
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Old 01-11-2021, 05:54 AM
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call the Daily Sun and ask
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Old 01-11-2021, 06:07 AM
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The only information required for covid vaccine when I received it was Medicare number.
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Old 01-11-2021, 06:24 AM
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The Fruitland Park police and the Sumter County sheriff's office were both called last evening and they said it was a scam. The fact that the Sumter County health dept provided no info on this site is odd in itself.
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Old 01-11-2021, 06:28 AM
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The website is listed on front page of Daily Sun paper this morning.
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