Payconiq (Smishing) _{^(2024-06-12)}

Overview

Threat actors collecting personal information, credit card and LuxTrust credentials

Explanation

The goal of this phishing campaign is to steal personal information, credit card and LuxTrust credentials.

The phishing SMS leads the user to believe that the Payconiq certificate will expire soon.

When clicking on the link, the victim is taken to the landing page, where they first have to enter personal information, such as their name, birth date, email address and address information.

Once this information is provided, credit card credentials are requested, after which LuxTrust credentials are asked.

Example

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Prevention

If you are uncertain about the authenticity of an email, do not hesitate to contact the entity that seems to have sent you the email using a safe communication manner, using the phone for example (no phone number from the untrusted email must be used in order to verify the authenticity).
If you are working for the Luxembourgish government or are using any of the GOVCERT.LU services, it is important to forward phishing emails to us (using Reporting an incident or the Outlook button). This will allow us to take down phishing websites and protect members of our constituency.