FHM site sells to the highest bidder online



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According to the information available on the site itself, there are currently two offers on fhm.se. The seller is said to be a Swedish resident who has been active since 2011.

When SVT at Tuesday’s press conference asked state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell about the sale, he replied that he knew nothing about it (see video). Today, Wednesday, Public Health Agency Communications Manager Elisabeth Wall Bennet confirms to SVT that the agency is aware of the sale and states that it has received offers to buy fhm.se several times before.

– Several times a year I would say.

The sums requested were then relatively low, between SEK 15,000 and 20,000 according to Wall Bennet. But the authority has not taken action because its official abbreviation is not FHM but FoHM.

At the same time, FHM is used by many outlets, including SVT, at the same time that the Public Health Agency during the year became one of the most notorious authorities in Sweden. So, this time the authority has asked the seller what the price is.

– Yes, and we have not received a response.

You can handle email errors

URLs reminiscent of government officials have been used repeatedly with dubious intentions (see data box).

– The risk is that, for example, you can direct emails incorrectly, says Peter Jonegård, unit manager at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.

After MSB was recently noticed on fhm.se, the authority decided to inform Swedish care providers that the address is not owned by the Swedish Public Health Agency. This is to reduce the risk of confusion and, in the worst case, attempted fraud.

But according to Elisabeth Wall Bennet, it’s not obvious that the Public Health Agency wants to buy fhm.se again this time, despite the risk that the site could be used to spread incorrect information about the pandemic, for example.

– It is clearly worrisome. But if someone wants to harm us or wants to deceive citizens, they can do it in many ways. I don’t think it is only linked to one direction.

There is an online auction. Are you going to enter and bid?

– I haven’t seen it. No, we will not do that.

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