Thread by @sugandh

Tips to avoid Remdesivir/Tocilizumab/Covid-19 scams: 🧵

1) Do a Twitter search and Google search on the phone number and account number provided to you. Check if there are other people complaining about the fraud. Yesterday a friend of my got frauded by 9406910131.
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Search this number on Twitter and you will see people complaining about it. You will also see people claiming that this is a #verified source.

2) Remdesivir needs to be kept between 2-8 Celsius at all times. Hence, even if you get the injection from the black market, it would have probably lost its efficacy due to incorrect maintenance of cold storage.

3) If you have never spoken to the seller on phone or in person, that’s a red flag. Scammers tend to use WhatsApp messages/SMS only. This helps multiple people operate the same number. Business accounts are also very common. Insist on talking to them on phone (not WhatsApp call).

4) Ask a trusted friend to cross verify. Tell him/her to pose as an independent buyer.

5) Check this thread for known Scammers. If you find any scammers or black marketers add them to this thread.

Things scammers/black-marketers commonly say:
1)“This is from a family of a patient that didn’t survive.”
2)“I will courier the injection to you.” Even if they do courier it, the product’s efficacy would probably have been lost because of the summer heat during the travel.

These are just tips. The author does not guarantee for them to be 100% effective. Reader's discretion is strictly advised.

Another death because of Blackmarket Remdesivir.
Source: Dainik Jagran

How a fake Remdesivir might look like?
Source: @manabhardwaj