Cybercriminals are using increasingly sophisticated ways to con as many people as possible with a Premium Rate SMS.

According to Niebezpiecznik someone in Poland is trying to pull off Premium Rate SMS con without attracting attention of UOKiK (local equivalent of OCCP). At first glance Filmfilmy.pl website contains only YouTube trailers and their descriptions. If, however, we enter the site through a Google search ad, meaning the address will contain gclid parameter (Google Click ID), we will be presented with not only a trailer but also a full movie.

However, you need to pay with a Premium Rate SMS. At this point victim might think that watching a movie costs only PLN 0.31, but grey fine print mentions that user instead orders a download of 300 files at a price of PLN 0.25 per file, which means sending a total of three SMS each at a cost of PLN 30.75. Final cost is a sum of PLN 92.25 but users cannot be certain that they will receive the movie, since service provider promises only delivery of files.

Be vigilant, because the site is deliberately misleading about the SMS rate. The case was already reported to UOKiK.