Thursday 10 December 2020, Poradnik bezpieczeństwa

SMS with links to fake forms, scammers are once again using OLX classifieds website

Lost24

Fraudsters send SMS messages to fake payment forms, which are supposed to let users receive money for the goods purchased on the OLX classifieds website.


One of the readers of the dobreprogramy portal has been informed about a suspicious SMS message, which informed about the sale of goods using the OLX website and that if the seller wants to receive the amount due to him, he must use the attached link.


Content of the message: “Your goods are sold using the OLX website. The amount to be collected is PLN 1200: cutt.ly/GhxygVH”. If the portal’s reader would have decided to “collect money” and have found a fabricated form asking for the payment card or online banking login details, he would have an unpleasant surprise due to the loss of money from the account.


According to the dobreprogramy website, for now the link in the SMS is no longer active, however, further attacks from cybercriminals can be expected, perhaps using the image of a different classifieds website.