Traffic Bear Reminds You – Stay Vigilant against Phishing SMSs, Beware of Fake Websites

2026-01-22

 

Traffic Bear reminds you – beware of fraudulent electronic traffic ticket SMSs purportedly issued by the “eTraffic Ticket Platform” (the Platform) of the Police Force.  These SMSs contain hyperlinks to fake websites that try to pose as the relevant official Platform’s “Verify/Pay Ticket” page, so as to deceive the public into providing their credit card details and personal information.

 

The relevant fraudulent websites as listed in the fraudulent electronic traffic ticket SMSs (https://etraffictickot[.]top/hk/, https://etrafticket[.]one/hk) are not official platforms.  Members of the public are reminded not to click on any hyperlinks.

 How to tell if such SMSs are real or fraudulent:

• All Police ticket SMSs are issued under the SMS sender ID “#HKPF-eTT”.
• All ticket SMSs or emails never contain any hyperlinks.
• The URL of the website ends with “.gov.hk”.

Note the following characteristics of fake SMSs:

• The SMS sender IDs do not begin with “#”.
• The texts contain hyperlinks.

 Do not click on any hyperlinks or provide any personal information!
 
 Remember this anti-scam mnemonic:
 With # but Without Link, Know .gov.hk”

 

Members of the public are reminded to stay vigilant if they receive SMSs from unknown sources.  Do not click on any hyperlinks, log in to suspicious websites, or provide any personal information.  Any member of the public who has provided personal information to such websites should dial 18222 to contact the Anti-Deception Coordination Centre officers of the Police Force.  For any enquiries regarding the Platform, please call 181 181.