Have You Received a Ticket From the Dgt for Sms? Beware, It Could Be a Scam

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Text messages (SMS) warning about alleged traffic fines, immediate surcharges and possible administrative penalties are being used as a hook to commit digital frauds, the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) warned. According to information from the Intelligence, Cyber Research and Technology Operations Unit, messages usually arrive via SMS with an urgent and threatening tone, designed for people to pay immediately without verifyin…

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With our ongoing use of mobile phones and the various applications they offer us, many people try to take advantage of those that are least managed with electronic devices to try to swindle them. Therefore, the DGT and the Civil Guard often make reminders of how to avoid these sanctions.

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Every once in a while we see new ideas of scams that different wrongdoers devise to try to extract money from anyone through email or SMS. These types of frauds are known as phishing, which is a cyberattack in which criminals, helping with social engineering, pretend to be trusted entities, such as banks, companies, or apps, to get users fooled and steal confidential information such as keys, codes or data. To do this they help from fake website…

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Cybercriminals continue to look for formulas to deceive their victims and get personal data. To do this, they must gain the confidence of the recipients of the scam and use the image of authorities of all kinds to achieve it. The DGT is one of the most supplantings generated, as it is played with the immediacy of fines to speed up the scam process. Therefore, the National Police regularly inspects social networks to notice the new mechanisms of …

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Cybercriminals impersonate the DGT to con their victims