How the fake Linkt text works
The overdue toll
A small, plausible-sounding overdue toll amount, "outstanding for over 30 days" — vague enough to apply to almost anyone who drives on a toll road.
The E-tag threat
"Avoid E-tag cancellation" or "your account has been suspended due to a failed auto top-up" — both designed to trigger immediate action.
The near-identical domain
The link opens a page that looks identical to linkt.com.au but lives on a lookalike domain, often one letter or character off.
The theft
The "payment" page doesn't process anything — it captures your card number, expiry and CVV for resale or immediate fraud.
How to spot it
- Any link in the text: Linkt has removed clickable links from its SMS entirely — a link means it's fake, regardless of how close the domain looks to the real one.
- Vague overdue amounts with no reference to your specific vehicle, trip, or account number.
- Urgency around account suspension or E-tag cancellation.
What to do if you get this text
- Don't click, don't enter any card details.
- Check the real way: log into your account directly at linkt.com.au, typed manually, or via the official Linkt app.
- Report it to Linkt's official scam alerts page and to Scamwatch.
- If you already paid, contact your bank or card issuer immediately to block the card and dispute the charge.
Egidio: your automatic phishing detector
These campaigns work at massive scale precisely because a lookalike domain is hard to catch by eye. Egidio catches the fake link before it can do anything.
Egidio screens incoming calls and scans links arriving through your messaging apps in real time. When it recognises a fake toll-payment page, it blocks it before it loads.
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