Blood of coronavirus survivors is being sold on the dark web as a fake vaccine of the novel coronavirus, found researchers of the internet.

Criminals that are trying to make out money during this coronavirus pandemic are selling blood on the dark web, claiming that they are vaccines of the coronavirus.

According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, blood is just one of the hundreds of products that are being used as makeshift vaccines.

According to the researchers, people are selling blood along with other bogus vaccines for up to £13,000.

The users are targeting people that are scared right now.

Not only that large amounts of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), including N95 masks, surgical gloves, and protective suits are also being sold.

Users are also selling hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, which are anti-malaria drugs.

According to Rod Broadhurst, a lead researcher, said that the blood will be used to inject someone who is at risk of getting the virus.

Rod said:

The word I think is passive vaccination, where the blood plasma of a recovered Covid-19 patient is harvested for the antibodies and that is then used to inject into someone who may be at risk of Covid-19.

There are currently 645 vendors that are selling fake products on the dark web, and nearly 400 of them are in the United States of America.

Around 39 conmen are based in the EU, 17 in the UK, 3 in China, 3 in Australia, and other nations making up the rest of the list.

Rod also talked about the fact that people are using the pandemic as an opportunity to scam people.

Rod explained:

For some people out there this pandemic is a criminal opportunity where they can cash in on fear and shortages. We think we will see more of that and we need some basic monitoring to start shutting it down. We found unsafe vaccines, repurposed antivirals – which are in very short supply – and quite a lot of bulk PPE on the dark web. The biosecurity hazardous products are the most dangerous because some are marketed as if they have been leaked from real trials. But, they could be fake and we don’t know what they are made from.

As of writing this article, there is no vaccine or cure for the novel coronavirus.