US cities are warning of an ongoing mobile phishing campaign pretending to be texts from the city's parking violation departments about unpaid parking invoices, that if unpaid, will incur an additional $35 fine per day.
While parking scams have been around for years, a massive wave of phishing text messages has caused numerous cities throughout the US to issue warnings, including from Annapolis, Boston, Greenwich, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, San Diego, San Francisco, and many others.
The current wave of texts started last December and has continued since, with BleepingComputer receiving a text targeting New York residents earlier this week.
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US cities warn of wave of unpaid parking phishing texts
US cities warn of wave of unpaid parking phishing texts
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US cities warn of wave of unpaid parking phishing texts
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