‘YOU OWE PARKING FEES’: EXPERTS WARN OF FAKE RINGGO TEXT SCAM

Criminals hope by using threats of enforcement action, people will panic and click link to bogus parking app site You use parking apps a lot – you have several on your phone – but it is not always straightforward. Sometimes there is a lack of reliable mobile signal, or the app crashes or behaves oddly, or it does not seem to want to accept your bank card.

Money | The Guardian reports that criminals hope by using threats of enforcement action, people will panic and click link to bogus parking app site You use parking apps a lot – you have several on your phone – but it is not always straightforward.

The report adds: Sometimes there is a lack of reliable mobile signal, or the app crashes or behaves oddly, or it does not seem to want to accept your bank card.

Also, it is sometimes hard to keep track of which apps you have used when.

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