Email ou SMS imite Proximus, Orange Belgium ou Telenet annoncant une 'facture impayee' de 49-187 EUR avec menace de coupure dans 24h. Lien vers proximus-facture.be qui derobe carte bancaire et code...
Apres une carte volee ou un phishing reussi, l'arnaqueur fait un SMS du type 'Tentative de paiement de 487 EUR bloquee, contactez le service d'opposition: 0892 XX XX XX'. Ce numero surtaxe (1,99...
SMS de 'La Poste', 'Chronopost', 'Colissimo' ou 'Mondial Relay' annonce qu'un colis est bloque et demande 1,99 EUR pour le debloquer. Le lien renvoie vers laposte-colis-livraison.fr qui derobe les...
SMS imitant la DGFiP annonce un remboursement d'impots de 137-487 EUR. Le lien renvoie vers impots-gouv-remboursement.fr (le vrai: impots.gouv.fr). Saisie demandee: numero fiscal, IBAN, login...
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...
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 , 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Scammers are impersonating court officials and law enforcement to threaten you with arrest for missing jury duty, pressuring you to pay a fine on the spot. They use phone calls, texts, and emails...
Criminals are targeting Signal users with SMS phishing that impersonates Signal Support and tricks victims into handing over their 64-character backup recovery key. Once shared, attackers can...
Scammers reach out through texts, phone calls, social media ads, and direct messages, so anyone with a phone or a social account is a likely target. Their first contact is designed to build trust...
Attacker pastes a sticker QR code over the real one on a city parking meter (Austin, Atlanta, San Antonio), restaurant table, or mails fake 'USPS undelivered parcel' postcards with QR. Scanning leads...
SMS impersonating Canada Post / Postes Canada claims a parcel needs C$1.95 redelivery or duties fee, with link to canadapost-redelivery[.]xyz, harvesting card + CVV + Interac credentials. CAFC...
SMS/email impersonating Services Australia / myGov claims a Centrelink payment is pending and a link is required to verify identity, capturing CRN, Medicare and licence. ACCC ScamWatch: A$5M+ in...