Police warn of sophisticated smishing scam

Police are warning of a large-scale campaign of fraudulent SMS messages posing as the Czech Republic’s largest health insurer, VZP. The scam has been spreading across the country over the past two weeks.

Unlike many other smishing campaigns, the latest fraud is relatively sophisticated. The fake websites linked to the messages appear convincing and can therefore be difficult to distinguish from legitimate VZP pages.

The campaign is currently being carried out exclusively under the VZP name, but police warn that fraudsters could use the same method to impersonate other Czech institutions and organisations.

VZP has already distanced itself from the fraudulent messages.