Recently, several authorities have sounded the alarm about unwanted fraud attempts. Among other things, there have been SMS messages circulated with senders claiming to be authorities, banks and services such as Postnord.
Many have learned to recognize scam text messages and can spot the fraud. But the fraudsters resort to new means and during the summer they have attacked motorists.
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Nyheter24 has spoken to Stina Odencrantz who were exposed to a fake p-bot but saw at the last second that it was fake. Among other things, she reacted to the fact that the amount was outrageously high.
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The new fraud affects electric drivers
Now a new form of fraud has taken off, which Waterfall have reported on. Vattenfall is one of several companies that provide charging stations for electric cars. When charging your electric car, you must of course pay for it yourself, and at several charging stations there are QR codes that the customer scans to pay.
But during the summer, Vattenfall has discovered fake QR codes that lead straight into the hands of fraudsters.
The fraud shows itself not only in Sweden, but also in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy and Germany. The German car owner organization ADAC, warns of the fraud and hopes that the charging stations will be fraud-proof, writes Computer Sweden. They put forward a proposal to scrap QR codes entirely and instead use card terminals for direct payment.
Charging station for electric cars. Photo: Emma-Sofia Olsson/SVD/TT That’s how you see the scam
Vattenfall has issued advice to avoid the scam. Here’s how to check if the QR code is genuine:
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