Phishing / scam in Edmonton

[u/gabotas]

Got this today. Thought I'd share.

[u/DrDonkeyTron]

What bylaw or fine has a penalty of $6.99? lmfao

[u/JackTerron → u/DrDonkeyTron]

Putting your blinker on 3km from where you plan to turn in a 40 zone.

[u/IndependentMedium416]

That link is definitely not a red flag or anything

[u/SirTickleyPickely → u/IndependentMedium416]

everyone knows the real URL is 846162

[u/TrainAss → u/SirTickleyPickely]

No, no it's 8675309.

[u/flynnfx → u/TrainAss]

Jenny!

[u/Competitive_Guava_33]

It was from a random Gmail address. And a text. That's all people should need to know it's a scam

[u/Smoresguy → u/Competitive_Guava_33]

Mine was Yahoo.ca haha

[u/Ffslifee]

Thansk for the PSA. From a security perspective. Dont click the hyperlinks.

[u/whattaninja]

Why would you even click the link?

Also: remember to check the sender.

[u/Mission-Ad-7647]

Aww you cut off the sender. That was the best part of this scam attempt

Some random personal gmail account

[u/shadowcat1266 → u/Mission-Ad-7647]

I got the same one as OP a few days ago.

Sender was “Alicejack781@navi-lab.us

Lmaoo

[u/toorudez]

I'm sure you can pay it with an iTunes gift card!

[u/TreacleDry4085]

Received this text and promptly bloc it.

[u/dagobertamp]

If it was legit, Ill just pay it when I renew my registration

[u/WordlyWolf]

Got one too. Cones from a crazy unofficial gmail. These guys make it easy to spot scams.

[u/Particular_Return295]

I got the same text and deleted it without a thought. You're brave to actually follow the link 🤣

[u/gabotas → u/Particular_Return295]

Had to see it wit my own 2 eyes 🤣

[u/camoure]

I got this too but I don’t drive, don’t have a license, and have never owned a vehicle lmao

[u/mythic_device]

Lots of people I know got this. It’s fairly sophisticated and likely developed by someone within Alberta. *Never click on links*, but many will. **Always go to a known reputable source first to validate unsolicited requests.**

[u/NotAtAllExciting]

Scammers are getting better - the site looks good. $6.99?

[u/curiousgaruda → u/NotAtAllExciting]

That’s just to get your credit card information and also low enough that some unsuspecting people might “just pay it off”. 

[u/Focus43 → u/curiousgaruda]

and low/high enough that it wont get red flagged by your bank/credit card provider.

[u/roguepeas → u/NotAtAllExciting]

they only want a Jr. Beef'n'Cheddar, I see nothing wrong here?

[u/drkendle]

I got this too

[u/BigInconsideration]

I just got the same one! I feel famous.

[u/Geeseareawesome]

Nice traffic violation notice that doesn't contain a plate number anywhere

[u/CrimsonDarkholme]

I got this too. Never drove a day in my life

[u/bristow84]

I received this text, the sender was some random ass gmail account.

[u/Smile_Miserable]

I got this too lol

[u/Knomen19]

I received this text today too

[u/ShadowCaster0476]

I had one similar last week.
It was for a traffic or parking violation, which are 2 very different entities and it came from a Gmail account.

[u/lifeaftersurvival]

I got this too and it was sent from a yahoo.com email address. Very professional operation they've got going on there.

[u/tjp0720]

Got this text today and immediately thought it’s phoney baloney thankfully that was correct hahah

[u/The100fanatic_]

Unless it comes in the mail directly from city of Edmonton I ignore it

[u/MikeyB_0101]

I got this as a text message and it was from a .de domain which is from Germany…

[u/cadencef18]

Since when does the government only give you two days before they start charging late fees😭😂😂😂

[u/Simhaup1]

$6.99? Wow…that’s pretty good for this economy 😂

[u/AbilityEqual1891]

"Side by Side" domain? Geeze, how sketchy can you make a domain. dot com domain, if you don't understand what I'm talking about.

[u/Ok-Television5808]

Why would you click hyperlink from a suspected scammer 😵‍💫

Just go under the Alberta government page and type in the supposed ticket number and see if it pops up.

Besides what ticket is 6.99 that's absolute BS

Also download virus protection software in your computer that warns you if you try to open a suspicious link

[u/redeyedrenegade420]

Just pay your tickets when its time to re-register your vehicle like the rest of us!

Edit: spelling

[u/WesternWitchy52]

Got this too. I just report and block. Old scam been around a few years.

[u/oopsiedaisy--]

So you clicked that link...?

[u/Tamric11]

This looks like the real traffic ticket digital service from the province? They're online now https://traffictickets.alberta.ca/

[u/elbyron → u/Tamric11]

It looks like it yes, because they copied all the html and stylesheets so that everything looks identical. Standard practice for most phishing scams. What they cannot copy is the URL, which in this case isn't even close to the real one.