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The Internet User Security Office of the National Cybersecurity Institute has warned of a fraudulent SMS campaign that impersonates the General Treasury of Social Security to obtain personal and banking data.
The hook of the message offers to manage a supposed economic benefit, but the procedure does not seek to pay any aid, but rather to direct the victim to a link from which cybercriminals try to obtain their sensitive information.
The warning places the fraud in a new smishing campaign, a modality that uses text messages to impersonate official bodies and push the user to act quickly.
In this case, the attackers present themselves as the General Treasury of Social Security.
The SMS includes a link under the pretext of resolving the supposed procedure for an economic benefit. The maneuver seeks for the recipient to click, access a page under the scammers’ control, and provide personal and banking data there.
The key to the deception is that the message appears to be an ordinary administrative procedure. At the same time, it reproduces a scheme already seen in other benefit frauds and in tax notices sent by mobile phone.
It also fits with fake tax refund messages, where the supposed deposit serves as a lure to obtain the user’s banking information.
The Internet User Security Office published the alert on September 1, 2026.
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