UK teen scammer caught selling fake Covid travel test package invoices
Malik Younas Fazal makes fake copies of an actual test invoice and sells them to travelers bound for to the U.K.
April 6, 2021 10:40 BST
Overseas travelers bound for the United Kingdom need to show their invoice for the mandatory travel test package to be allowed entry. However, those who cannot afford the expensive kit are resorting to illegal means by buying fake documents from teen scammer Malik Younas Fazal.
The 17-year-old Birmingham native was caught selling fake invoices for £80 (around $110) by a reporter who posed as a customer. During their transaction, the teenager explained that his documents are rip-offs from accredited testing firm CTM, which charges £210 (around $290) for the mandatory travel test package. The kit involves the quarantine day two test for COVID variant surveillance and the day eight test for travelers who can self-isolate at home.
How Facebook scammers are selling fake negative Covid tests for £60
Investigation
Feb 19 2021, 18:20 ET
Updated: Feb 20 2021, 3:29 ET
FAKE negative Covid certificates are being flogged on Facebook by a teenage student, The Sun can reveal.
Named on the social media site as Malik Younas, he sold a counterfeit PCR test or DNA test to our undercover reporter for £60 using the copied details of a London clinic. Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates.
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For an extra tenner, we were able to get a fake negative certificate apparently from a private clinic
The forger bragged: “These definitely work, they 100 per cent work. I’ve done about 30. Never had problems. (Business) is good.”
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