The dodgy phishing website is a very convincing copy of the official government website, complete with accurate logos, branding and font. It links to other pages on the website, such as parking fines and penalty charge notices, challenge a parking fine' and parking and public transport' actually leads to the official government website pages on these topics.
We wrote random characters into the vehicle registration' box and each time were given a bogus PCN (penalty charge) number and told we owed a 25 fine. The location listed for the fine was also the area we were located in, meaning that the page could be using the user's IP address to know where they're located to make the scam more convincing.
Consumer watchdog Which? is alerting drivers in the UK to the scam, which takes victims through to a copycat government website. The initial text, from a random number, tells the victim that an unpaid parking fine was found on your vehicle and warns that they must pay immediately.
Which? warn anyone receiving an unexpected text message not to click on any links or follow any instructions to log in to accounts.
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