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NSW Govt Warns Of Fake Speeding Ticket Scam

The New South Wales Government has warned of a fake speeding ticket scam, circulated in emails around the state this week. The email informs the receiver that their vehicle has been caught by speed camera exceeding the speed limit, and includes a


The New South Wales Government has warned of a fake speeding ticket scam, circulated in emails around the state this week.

The email informs the receiver that their vehicle has been caught by speed camera exceeding the speed limit, and includes a date, time and a numbered location for the ‘offence’.

In an example viewed by TMR, the email correctly quotes the fine for exceeding the speed limit in NSW by between 10 and 20km/h as $254, and provides a link to facilitate payment of the fine online.

The link diverts unwary victims to a believable but fake version of the NSW Office Of State Revenue website, and prompts them to enter a code to continue.

What happens after that, we don’t want to know…

The fake website can be identified with a ‘.net’ address, rather than the correct ‘.nsw.gov.au’.

While the scam email contains vital elements of a ‘real’ speeding offence such as time, date, and a random ‘penalty notice number’, the location is quoted only as a numbered code and mentions no road or intersection.

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