Falsa DGT — multa de trafico pendiente de pago
Email o SMS suplanta a la DGT (Direccion General de Trafico) y reclama una multa de 60-300 EUR por exceso de velocidad o por no pasar la ITV. Enlace a dgt-multas-pago.es (real: sede.dgt.gob.es). Pide...
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Smishing: casos recientes de phishing por SMS y QR code
El smishing representó la mayoría de las denuncias de consumidores en 2024-2025. Catalogamos las campañas activas: mensajero falso, alertas bancarias trampa, falsos reembolsos fiscales y QR phishing en parquímetros y restaurantes.
Casos y patrones recientes
Smishing Correos / SEUR / MRW — paquete retenido por aduanas
SMS suplantando a Correos, SEUR, MRW o GLS informa de un paquete retenido en aduanas y pide pagar 1,79-3,29 EUR. El enlace lleva a correos-aduana.es (real: correos.es). Roba datos de tarjeta y codigo...
Smishing Santander / BBVA / CaixaBank — movimiento inusual de 1.840 EUR
SMS suplantando a Banco Santander, BBVA, CaixaBank o Sabadell informa de un 'movimiento inusual' de 750-2.500 EUR y pide pulsar un enlace para 'verificar la operacion'. El dominio es...
FBI IC3: AI-Enhanced Phishing and Smishing Target Election Officials and Voters
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Scammers use your name in a single-question text to start a conversation you should never reply to
A text that contains only your name and a question mark is a deliberate hook used by scammers who buy breached contact lists. The goal is to make you reply "Who is this?" or "Wrong number" so they...
Facebook Marketplace scam uses your name and number to bait replies
Scammers are sending iMessage texts that include a fake Facebook Marketplace listing showing the recipient's own name as the seller. The personalized screenshot acts as a 'conversation lure',...
Modern phishing evades traditional red flags with QR codes, AI lures and token theft
Phishing has moved far beyond typos and dodgy URLs. Attackers now use polished, AI-tailored language, QR codes that hide destinations, and tricks like ConsentFix and ClickFix that hijack legitimate...
Been told to pay at a Bitcoin ATM? Read this first
Crypto ATM scams are surging: the FBI logged 13,460 cases costing $389M in 2025, with victims over 60 accounting for $257M. Scammers call out of the blue pretending to be police, tax officers or bank...
Fake parcel delivery messages steal card and bank details
Scammers impersonate postal services such as USPS, Poste Italiane, Correos, Chronopost and bpost, sending fake delivery failure notices that demand a small customs or redelivery fee. The link routes...
T-Mobile rewards points expiry texts are a phishing scam
Since May 2026, a large SMS phishing campaign has impersonated T-Mobile, falsely telling recipients that their rewards points (typically 18,400) are about to expire. The messages use rotating...
Fake QR codes on parking meters: scam alert and how to stay safe
Scammers are sticking their own QR code stickers over legitimate ones on parking meters, hoping drivers in a hurry will scan and pay. Instead of a real parking payment page, the fake QR code leads to...
Wrong-number text scam: why replying makes you a premium target for fraudsters
Replying to a 'wrong number' text confirms your number is active and signals you're a polite, responsive person — exactly the profile scammers want. Large-scale operations use AI to hold thousands of...
Quishing: how QR-code phishing slips past corporate security and what to do about it
Quishing , or QR-code phishing, has surged as attackers exploit the fact that QR codes move victims from a protected corporate computer onto a personal phone with weaker security controls. A...
WhatsApp account takeover scam uses vote for my friend trick to hijack accounts via Linked Devices
A new WhatsApp scam tricks victims into giving attackers access to their accounts by posing as a friend asking for a vote online. The message—often sent from an already-compromised contact—links to a...
Switzerland (NCSC): top reported scams 2026 — phishing, fake-support calls, investment fraud, parcel & 'chief' smishing
Switzerland's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) consistently reports phishing, fake bank/Microsoft 'support' calls, investment fraud (fake brokers/crypto), parcel/customs smishing, and...
QR-code phishing ('quishing') is among the fastest-growing threats of 2026 — across email, letters, parking, restaurants
Quishing hides a phishing link inside a QR code, bypassing many link filters and exploiting trust in physical/printed codes. Vectors in 2026: fake 'secure document' or MFA-reset emails, stickers...
Toll & traffic-violation smishing evolves to QR 'quishing' (2026): fake unpaid-toll texts now hide a QR to a card-stealing page
The 'unpaid toll' / 'traffic violation' text scam (E-ZPass, road tolls, parking fines) remains one of the highest-volume smishing campaigns. As people learned to distrust links in texts, 2026...
Caller-ID / number spoofing: ~64% of phone & text fraud, ~EUR 850M/yr, sold as 'spoofing-as-a-service' (Europol)
Europol warns that caller-ID and SMS sender-ID spoofing now underpins roughly 64% of reported phone/text fraud and costs an estimated EUR 850M globally per year, offered by organised networks as...
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