Fraud has become increasingly common, and last year the number increased by as much as 22 percent compared to 2022. One type of fraud that has occurred is text message fraud where the fraudster can pretend to be a bank, authority or friend.
Many authorities have come out and warned about fake messages. Among other things, the Swedish Tax Agency has issued warnings.
“It happens that fraudsters pretend to be the Swedish Tax Agency and try to access your data through phishing and phishing. Fraudsters use fake emails, text messages, letters and phone calls in various variations. Attempts at online fraud are especially common when it’s time to declare or when the tax refund is paid out. the website.
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Getting messages from debt collectors is never fun, especially if you have no payment with them. Now have Advice and findings noticed a wave of scam text messages from a sender who goes by the name “ESS Inkasso”.
The clever thing about SMS scams is that they can quickly change their name and form, and Råd og rön has discovered that the same scam also comes from the sender “EU Inkasso”.
In the message, it appears that you have a debt and the sender threatens that the debt will be forwarded to the Kronofogden already on the same day.
“Hello, we are looking for you regarding case SE-NL 6538390-KF. In case of non-payment, the case will be forwarded to KFM today,” the message says, followed by contact information for the sender.
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