A new phishing scam tricks targets into thinking they need to pay a fine quickly. Be careful, the scam is well put together!
With the Internet, the possibilities of running scams have exploded for many years. Scams that often take the form of phishing, or phishing. And it can be hard to spot the trickery right away, like with this trendy new scam.
A well imitated Antai site
Lately, it is even more necessary than usual to pay attention to messages received on the phone or by email. The year 2022 has indeed seen phishing attacks explode, with ever more sophisticated scams.
And that’s one of them we’re talking about What to choose. The crooks have been sending “reminders” by email or SMS in the name of the National Agency for the Automated Processing of Offenses (Antai), explaining that you would have a fine to pay quickly. SMS messages would tend to be brief, while emails would give more details, including talking about traffic violations.
The people alpagated would then be invited to click on a link leading them to a site whose interface reproduces very well that of the Antai. It is then asked to integrate various personal identity information, as well as bank details to pay the fine in question.
The fashionable scam
A fraud that would be on the rise according to specialists in the sector. ” Every day, we identify a dozen new fake sites on this theme. We contribute to the fight of the public authorities by reporting them to the competent authorities to have them closed. After the Crit’Air sticker in the last quarter of 2022, fines scams are the mainstream phishing phenomenon of this beginning of the year “, explains the director of cybersecurity expertise at Cybermalveillance, Jean-Jacques Latour.
So how do you know if you’re the victim of a gang of thieves, or if it’s the Antai? The latter, alerted, reminded that SMS were not used to inform of the existence of a fine to pay. For electronic communications, the Agency uses only one email address, namely: [email protected]. Finally, fines are processed through a single interface in France, the site www.amendes.gouv.fr.
Source : What to choose
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