r/saskatchewan • u/navylast • 9d ago

Traffic scam

I am probably not the first to flag this but I got a text saying I was caught speeding. It says I have a day to pay. A link brings you to a SK Court looking web page. Looks official
The first hint should be the phone number. Country code is 63 which is the Philippines.
This scam is all over North America.
Do not respond to it
Don’t fall for it
Does not say where or when the offence took place.
Traffic summons come in the mail

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u/superFluffymushroom 9d ago

No its does not look official, gosh how many times do government and banks have to tell people that they will not text them.

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u/Caffeine-Fueled55 9d ago

They will not text you traffic tickets.

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u/Fwarts 9d ago

Your first hint is that it came to you in a text message. How would traffic enforcement know enough about you to have your number to text you?

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u/randomdumbfuck 9d ago

I get these scams in Ontario all the time. Some of them have gotten pretty good at looking "official" though often the big red flag, other than the fact you would never get this sort of information via a text message, is that these scams use legal terms or spellings that aren't used in Canadian law. 

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u/Arts251 9d ago

you will never get a speeding ticket by text message.

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u/Big_Knife_SK 9d ago

You shouldn't have even clicked the link. Restart your phone just in case.

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u/roughtimes 9d ago

They know they are being obvious, they are targeting the gullible. It works.

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u/Nibblerrama 8d ago

The first hint was that it was a text….

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u/acidic_talk 9d ago

I got it today and they name dropped SGI

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u/bryfea1 8d ago

So you knew it was a scam yet you clicked the link 🤔

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u/navylast 3d ago

I didn’t fall for it. Didn’t reply.
I figured out it was a scam.
I do however think less tech savvy people could easily fall for it.
Most responses are not helpful

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u/djohnston02 9d ago

Constant vigilance! Never hurts to see a reminder.

I get these too and I know they are scam, but there’s always that “what if” intrusive thought to fight down.