Introduction

● With the increasing popularity of online healthcare services, fake healthcare websites are becoming a growing problem in the healthcare sector and causing scam, reviews the Health 2.0 Conference.

● Adding further, the Health 2.0 Conference’s experts say that fraudsters can use these websites to defraud patients and healthcare professionals, leading to significant financial and reputational harm.

● In this presentation, you can find how fake healthcare websites are used to defraud patients and healthcare professionals, the effects of this fraud on the healthcare sector, and the steps you can take to protect yourself and avoid falling victim to fake healthcare website fraud.

How Fraudsters Use Fake Healthcare Websites To Defraud Patients And Healthcare Professionals?

● Selling counterfeit or unapproved medications: Fraudsters can use fake healthcare websites to sell counterfeit or unapproved medications, which can be dangerous to patients and have serious health consequences.

● Stealing personal and financial information: As highlighted at the Health 2.0 Conference’s Winter Edition, a scammer use fake healthcare websites to steal personal and financial information from patients and healthcare professionals, such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and health insurance information.

● Impersonating legitimate healthcare providers: Spammers create fake healthcare websites that mimic legitimate healthcare providers, found out in the Health 2.0 Conference’s networking session, using them to trick patients and healthcare professionals into giving them sensitive information or making fraudulent charges.