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UK Scammers Use Fake DVSA Parking Penalties in Text Messages
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In Short: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in the UK is issuing a warning about scammers sending text messages about fake parking penalty charges.
According to the DVSA, scammers are sending messages such as, 'Dvsa notice for you: You have a parking penalty charge due on 2024/9/30. If you do not pay your fine on time, Your car may be banned from driving, you might haeve to pay more, or you could be taken to court. Please enter your license plate in the link after reading the information, Check and pay parcking penatly charge. Thank you again for your copperation. Dvsa.'
These messages are followed up with reminders, such as 'Today is the last day to pay your ticket due to your long term delinquency, if you do not pay your ticket on time you may be required to pay more in the future and we reserve the right to prosecute you.'
For businesses, pricing for AI agents like Instinct starts at $15 per employee per month for large companies and $23 per employee per month for small teams with fewer than 49 employees, according to TechCrunch.
While Instinct is one of the buzziest AI agents at present, thanks to its $10 billion valuation after its latest funding round of $1 billion, there are many others also making a play for this space.
U.S. Capitol Police reported investigating nearly 15,000 'concerning statements, behaviors, and communications' targeting lawmakers, their families, staff members, or the Capitol last year.
In a separate incident, FBI agents thwarted a terror attack by a teenager on the Mall of America after monitoring him for nearly two years and ultimately supplying him with the assault rifle he planned to use.
The 18-year-old had been on the FBI's radar since December 2024, when he began trading messages with a confidential informant.
Researchers also spotted repeated visits from OpenAI employees after an incident, suggesting a connection between the agents and OpenAI.
Google Messages is experiencing issues, with users reporting that the app is pulling old texts from unrelated conversations and attaching or sending them with new messages.
Calls, text messages, and mobile data are unavailable on some devices, as confirmed by Apple, affecting a 'small number' of users.
In Jackson, she said, “I see somebody that is going to struggle building coalitions down in D.C.” But John Treutel, a 67-year-old Hartland Democrat, said he can no longer support Collins, which he did in 2020 while also casting his presidential ballot for Democrat Joe Biden.
What this adds
The DVSA advises recipients to verify any parking penalty charges directly through official channels and not to respond to unsolicited messages.
What's confirmed
- For businesses, pricing for AI agents like Instinct starts at $15 per employee per month for large companies and $23 per employee per month for small teams with fewer than 49 employees, according to TechCrunch.
- While Instinct is one of the buzziest AI agents at present, thanks to its $10 billion valuation after its latest funding round of $1 billion, there are many others also making a play for this space.
- U.S. Capitol Police reported investigating nearly 15,000 'concerning statements, behaviors, and communications' targeting lawmakers, their families, staff members, or the Capitol last year.
- In a separate incident, FBI agents thwarted a terror attack by a teenager on the Mall of America after monitoring him for nearly two years and ultimately supplying him with the assault rifle he planned to use.
- The 18-year-old had been on the FBI's radar since December 2024, when he began trading messages with a confidential informant.
- Researchers also spotted repeated visits from OpenAI employees after an incident, suggesting a connection between the agents and OpenAI.
- Google Messages is experiencing issues, with users reporting that the app is pulling old texts from unrelated conversations and attaching or sending them with new messages.
- Calls, text messages, and mobile data are unavailable on some devices, as confirmed by Apple, affecting a 'small number' of users.
- In Jackson, she said, “I see somebody that is going to struggle building coalitions down in D.C.” But John Treutel, a 67-year-old Hartland Democrat, said he can no longer support Collins, which he did in 2020 while also casting his presidential ballot for Democrat Joe Biden.
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- Added another example of the scam text messages about the fake unpaid fines.
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