Vigilance is required in the 13th century. It's never a good surprise to come back to your car after parking it and realize that a small piece of paper is on the windshield. Even more so when parking has been regulated and the limited duration perfectly observed.
Be careful, however, as to the veracity of the document found. According to the district town hall, for several days, false information notices have been regularly affixed to vehicles parked in the 13th arrondissement. On Thursday, she therefore wanted to warn about this phenomenon in a post on X (formerly Twitter) titled: “Warning: POST-PARKING PACKAGE SCAM”
On the small document in question, a short text is presented indicating that an “infringement of parking regulations has been noted”. The user of the vehicle is thus notified “that a fine of 35 euros has been issued against [him]”. The text continues by specifying that “an increase of 135 euros will be added if payment is not made within two working days”.
Do not flash the QR code
The scam materializes at the bottom of the document. After having taken care to ensure that “no complaint” will be taken into account without the notice of violation, a QR code is proposed to regularize the situation. This is where the trap lies because this QR code returns, according to the 13th century town hall, to the “amendes-antai.com” page, giving the impression of being redirected to the institutional site. However, as the tweet specifies, this is indeed a scam, the official website of the National Agency for the Automated Processing of Offenses being antai.gouv.fr.
A few months ago, two 19-year-old men were arrested on suspicion of defrauding people by sending them an SMS with a number pretending to be the Agency in question. Users were then asked to click on a link and provide their banking details and identity, which would then be used by the scammers to make purchases or be resold.