Fraudulent SMS messages about traffic fines circulated in Västra Götaland – police warn
A wave of fraudulent SMS messages is circulating in Region Väst where recipients are urged to pay traffic fines via a link. The police confirm: the messages are fake.
Fraudsters impersonate police in SMS campaign targeting the region's residents
Skaraborgs Nyheter reports an ongoing wave of fraud attempts in Region Väst, where an unknown number of people have received SMS messages with false demands for payment of traffic fines.
The messages claim the recipient has breached traffic rules and urge them to settle the fines via an attached link. The Police's contact centre has recently received several calls from people in the region who report that they have received such suspicious messages.
The messages do not come from the police. Rather, they are fraudsters attempting to get recipients to click on the link and make a payment. The sender can vary – the mailings may come from different telephone numbers or email addresses.
The police emphasise that the authority never sends SMS messages urging people to pay traffic fines via a link. The cases received thus far have been registered as attempted fraud.
The public is urged not to click on the links, and to report suspected fraud attempts to the police via telephone number 114 14 or via polisen.se.
Source: Skaraborgs Nyheter