Summer rhymes with the arrival of tourists on French soil.
And that gives some bad guys ideas, as ESET computer security researchers have spotted with Crit'Air sticker scams, Phonandroid reports on Monday.
This sticker, which classifies vehicles according to their polluting emissions of fine particles and nitrogen oxides, was introduced in France on July 1, 2016. It is mandatory for driving in low mobility emission zones (ZFE-m) or to circulate in areas with "alternating circulation" during pollution peaks.
An obligation for French vehicles but also for tourists.
Hence the motivation of some crooks to trap them by creating fake sites using the codes of the official government portal.
Vignettes sometimes charged 60 euros
On the official site, a Crit'Air sticker costs 4.51 euros, while criminals do not hesitate to display it at 60 euros by offering a simplified procedure.
Because, as Phonandroid reminds us, the procedure for obtaining a real thumbnail can seem tedious: a lot of information must be provided.
But for the price of 60 euros, some victims do not receive the slightest thumbnail or a false thumbnail which will be useless in the event of a police check.
However, with a false sticker, motorists incur a fixed fine of 68 euros, which can go up to 450 euros.
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