#loggereio — Public Fediverse posts

Links to a fresh set of "road toll" scam websites were pushed out by SMS today, targeting people with mobile phones in #Colorado area codes. The messages tell the recipient that they owe back tolls for driving on a highway in Colorado and purports to link to the Colorado DMV website. The page that loads accurately mimics the Colorado Department of Revenue website appearance, and claims you owe $6.69 in tolls. Needless to say, this is fake. Spread the word: Tolls are not collected directly via SMS message.

This is a continuation of an ongoing, Russia-originated campaign that has been targeting specific states and regions for the past year. I blogged about it in October for @Netcraft - we gave the threat actor the moniker Logger EIO. https://www.netcraft.com/blog/taxpayers-drivers-targeted-in-refund-and-road-toll-smishing-scams

#smishing #phishing #colorado #CODOR #CODMV #DMV #scam #fraud #roadtoll #tollroad #tollscam #LoggerEIO

Germany was not the only non-US country represented in the #LoggerEIO #smishing attack (so far).

There was one version of a page claiming to be the Spanish highway authority, Dirección General del Tráfico (DGT), that warns you owe a 100 Euro fine (multa) for some kind of driving infraction you committed, that must be paid within 24 hours.

More recently, I spotted a flood of pages that claim to be from the UK government's Winter Fuel Payment program. The real program helps impoverished people not freeze to death in winter by subsidizing the high cost of heating. But this page simply wants your credit card to "test" charge your card for £1 on the promise that you'll get up to £300.

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#smishing #phishing #roadtoll #HighwayRobbery #WinterFuelPayment #UK #spain #espana #Netcraft #NetcraftConfirmsIt #NetcraftResearch #Germany