Phishing: Private individual, Switzerland 2024
A motorist bought a one-day vignette for 8 euros on a fake toll website for Austria using his credit card.
- Incident · 09.2024 · Switzerland
- Evidence: confirmed by an authority
- Phishing
- Fraud
As of
What happened
Instead of 8 euros, the statement showed a total of 704 euros. According to the NCSC, it remained questionable whether the vignette was valid.
- Affected
- Private individual (anonymous)
- Industry
- Private individual
- Loss
- 704 euros debited
- Business interruption
- unknown
- Ransom demanded / paid
- unknown / unknown
- Data affected
- unknown
- Bankruptcy
- no
- Entry point
- fake website for the Austrian motorway vignette
What would cyber insurance have paid?
That depends on the terms. Whether those affected were insured: unknown.
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Paid, but nothing or the wrong thing delivered, fake shop
Mostly covered 24 of 29 private products cover it fully, as an add-on or with limits.
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Misuse of card, Twint, e-banking
Strangers pay with your money
Mostly limited 25 of 29 private products cover it fully, as an add-on or with limits.
Overview based on public policy terms, as of 06.11.2026. Only your policy and its general terms and conditions (GTC) are binding. No confirmation of cover.
What we can learn
Buy vignettes only on the official site of the country concerned and check the credit card statement.
Sources
- Wochenrückblick Woche 36: Autofahrer im Visier von Cyberkriminellen (opens in a new window) Bundesamt für Cybersicherheit BACS (bis 2023: NCSC) · 10.09.2024
«Von der Kreditkarte wurden statt der 8 Euro total 704 Euro abgebucht.»