Attempts to defraud people of money over COVID-19 vaccinations have been recently reported in Japan, with scammers taking advantage of the public's fear of contracting the novel coronavirus and offering costly "priority reservations" even though jabs are free by law in the country.Police said they are alarmed by the fraud attempts through phone calls and emails and they are worried that the schemes might become more sophisticated and harder to detect as the vaccine rollout expands beyond health workers in Japan.Japan started its inoculation effort in mid-February for an initial group of fro…READ FULL ARTICLE
