Recently, the Czech Republic has not only been flooded with fraudulent emails trying to lure less knowledgeable people with personal data or even money for non-existent services, application subscriptions, and so on, but also fraudulent SMS messages to an increasing extent. As a result, they are nothing new, but they can still cause a lot of trouble.
The principle of fraudulent messages is quite simple in its essence. As a rule, it is used to entice the user to unwittingly register for a certain service, usually on the basis of a weekly or monthly subscription. For this, an unsuspecting user logs in, for example, by filling in a code from an SMS message to a website to which another, also fraudulent, SMS message directs him, for example in order to display a PDF file with important information and the like. As soon as this happens and the user unknowingly confirms the subscription to the service, he starts losing money almost immediately.
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The website Seznam Zprávy , which has now reported on this problem, points out that the victims include, for example, pensioners who are not very tech-savvy and do not see the danger in such things "at first glance". Unfortunately, once someone falls into this trap, it is not easy to get out of it. Of course, it is impossible to unsubscribe from scammers, so the only way to deal with the problem is to block phone numbers directly with the operator, or block mobile payments. The money that is deducted for these subscriptions is taken from the mobile phone - whether through a tariff or credit. So if you receive a similar SMS message, be careful.
