If you check your emails every day, some of you have probably received an email asking you to pay a fine related to a traffic violation. Be careful, it might be a scam!
Phishing attacks targeting French administrative establishments have become commonplace on the Internet. After the French Health Insurance At the end of 2024, it is the turn of ANTAI (National Agency for the Automated Processing of Offenses) to be the subject of a phishing attempt.
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Received by the editorial staff, the email contains the following sentences: We inform you that you have been fined for a traffic violation by the National Offense Processing Agency (ANT), and which remains unpaid to today (...) To avoid any additional increase and the consequences mentioned above, we invite you to resolve the situation by clicking on the button below (...) We thank you for your attention and invite you to regularize your situation as soon as possible. Best regards, The National Offense Processing Agency (ANT) team.
An email from ANTAI is asking you to pay an unpaid fine?
The email also contains three amounts different from the offense: a first amount of 95.90 euros, a second amount of 205.98 euros and a third amount of 325.15 euros (if the payment is not settled within a very short time). Given the amounts, the Internet user might have the reflex to take out their bank card and thus proceed with the payment.
As you will have understood, this type of email tries to scare you. There is therefore no point in rushing. Because, even if the message seems to come from ANTAI, the content of the email can alert you to several inconsistencies.
As a reminder, ANTAI is the National Agency for the Automated Processing of Offenses. However, the email mentions the National Offense Processing Agency (ANT), which does not correspond to the official name of the French government agency.
Also, the link included in the email leads to a suspicious website where the victim risks sharing their personal and banking data with hackers when they pay the fine. Hovering over the "Regularize Now" button with the computer mouse reveals a web address beginning with surveymonkey.com, followed by various endless characters.
Finally, the fake email comes from [emailprotected]. Those from ANTAI must come from the address [emailprotected].
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