We Just Read: New parking fine scam text
This sneaky scam message aims to trick you into handing over personal and financial details
The ‘parking fines scam’ message continues to circulate as a phoney, but convincing, text about a non-existent unpaid fine.
The message aims to get you to take action quickly and includes a malicious link.
The text from a random number tells you: ‘an unpaid parking fine was found on your vehicle,’ and that you need to ‘pay immediately.’
It includes a dodgy link hosted by ‘qrco.de’, which is a QR code generator.
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