The public has been warned about a website claiming to be the portal of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) after an individual raised awareness about receiving a scam text.
Automotive publication VISOR on Tuesday, January 20, shared a concern submitted by a reader who received a text message claiming they had a traffic violation.
Upon checking the official LTO website, the reader found that they had no record at all.
“I want to share that scammers are now using ‘official’ LTO text messages. I received a text message from ‘LTO’, with a link that genuinely looks like a link to LTO’s official website,” the reader was quoted as saying.
“I made the mistake of clicking the link, but thankfully, I didn’t enter any details. I went to the official LTO website (https://portal.lto.gov.ph), and I was able to log in and confirm that I had not received any violations at all. Sharing to educate about this scam,” the reader added.
VISOR also shared screenshots showing the LTO’s Land Transportation Management System (LTMS) portal alongside another link claiming to be the portal.
“To be clear, the real LTO site is the first one (the predominantly blue one),” the page said.
The LTMS portal is a platform of the LTO where drivers can access their electronic driver’s license, view unsettled violations on their profile, check their violation history, apply for license renewal, or request corrections to their records, among other options.
Its official link is https://portal.lto.gov.ph.
Last year, an individual also raised awareness about receiving a scam text from a number impersonating the LTO.
The message claimed that the recipient had a traffic violation that needed to be settled through a link supposedly leading to the LTO portal.
However, the link did not contain the legitimate LTMS website.
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Cybersecurity experts warned that scammers deceive recipients by sending messages with malicious links designed to gain unauthorized access to their accounts or credit card information, especially if recipients enter their details through the links.
