A wave of fraud has caused several authorities and companies to raise the alarm over the past six months.
For example, the Tax Agency warned, before this year’s declaration, that fraudsters sent out text messages pretending to be from the authority. In this text message, it was claimed that recipients would receive their tax refund if they clicked on a link included in the message.
“The Swedish Tax Agency does not communicate that way,” noted Maja Fromanpress secretary at the Swedish Tax Agency, in a written comment to News24 then.
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The Tax Agency warned of fraudsters in the spring. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT
Other authorities and companies whose brands have been exploited by fraudsters are, for example, the Postal Code Lottery, DHL, BankID and the Financial Supervisory Authority.
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Fake parking fines have been placed on cars
Nyheter24 also recently reported on how fraudsters have started leaving fake parking fines on cars.
– I didn’t think it was fake at first. But when I didn’t get the ocr number linked to my registration number on the police website to appeal, and that the times were wrong and the amount was too high, I had a hunch, said Stina Odencrantzwho himself was affected, to Nyheter24 then.
At the same time, the Swedish Transport Agency has said that they have seen similar frauds before, but that the fraudsters have refined their implementation.
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Fake parking tickets have been placed on cars. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT
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The Swedish Transport Agency warns of fake emails
Now it turns out that the parking fines left on cars are not the fraudsters’ only method of tricking them into bank details and subsequently money.
The Swedish Transport Agency warns of fake emails.
“Right now, fake emails are circulating where the sender pretends to be the Swedish Transport Agency. The email has not been sent from us. Never click on links that invite you to provide personal and financial information,” it says on the authority’s website.
Photo: Skärmavbild/Transportstyrelsen.se The recipients allegedly received a p-bot
When Nyheter24 contacts the Swedish Transport Agency develops Catharina Skyllbäcksection manager at the authority, what kind of email it is.
– Last week, the Swedish Transport Agency received information that there were fake emails in which we were stated to be the sender. It was about the recipient of the email having received a p-bot and had 24 hours to pay. In the email there was a link to enter.
– We informed about it on social media and on our external website to warn citizens that there were scam emails circulating about paying parking fines.
Photo: Erik Simander/TT
Skyllbäck has a clear appeal for anyone who fell for the scam:
– If a customer has accessed the link, they should report it to the police and if they have given out bank details, they should talk to their bank, she says and continues further:
– It is easy to check yourself whether your vehicle actually has debts via the “Vehicle debts” e-service at transportstyrelsen.se.
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