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You are offered to pay for a driver's license or other documentation with cryptocurrency, based on information that seems to come from the Swedish Transport Agency or another authority
You are offered to pay for a driver's license or other documentation with cryptocurrency, based on information that seems to come from the Swedish Transport Agency or another authority
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Updated over a week ago

First reported: 2020-12-13
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Fraud description:
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You see an offer that seems to come from a traffic school or the Swedish Transport Agency on social media, where you are offered a driver's license without the requirement for a degree or an approved theory test if you pay a certain amount of money to the specified wallet address or addresses for cryptocurrency.


The Swedish Transport Agency warns of fraud and attempted fraud in its name at https://transportstyrelsen.se/sv/Nyhetsarkiv/2020/ytterligere-bedrageriforsok-i-transportstyrelsens-namn/.

The offer is false, as such authorization is never issued without approved driving and theory tests in Sweden, regardless of driving license class, and Safello is not a payment service.
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Neither can you pay for ID documentation, vaccination certificates or other official documents in Sweden.
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How to prevent this type of fraud:

Always report fraud and attempted fraud to the police.

Never put financial means in a cryptocurrency wallet that is not personally controlled by you, and make sure that you are the only one who has access to its private key.

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