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The Social Security administration has issued a warning regarding fraudulent mobile messages falsely claiming that user portal access and benefits have been suspended.
The Prime Minister's office has issued a formal warning regarding fraudulent emails and WhatsApp messages impersonating Luís Montenegro and his chief of staff to solicit signatures on fake confidentiality agreements.
These messages 'may appear as legitimate communications related to the Digital Mobile Key, aiming to gain the recipients' trust and lead them to follow instructions or access links included in the text'
The Agency for the Technological Reform of the State (ARTE) warned today about the circulation of fraudulent SMS messages that improperly use the name of the Digital Mobile Key (CMD), which may lead users to provide personal data or codes.
The regulator states that the fraud is committed by callers identifying themselves as enforcement agents, citing alleged situations linked to the use of the recipient's phone number for criminal activities.
