Fraudulent text messages and emails posing as ANTAI

Fraudulent ANTAI emails and text messages: a guide to protecting your business

The digitization of public services, particularly for managing traffic fines through ANTAI (Agence Nationale de Traitement Automatisé des Infractions, the French agency that processes automated traffic offenses), has made life easier for businesses. But this progress comes with a cyber threat: fraudulent emails and text messages that impersonate ANTAI. These scam attempts target fleet managers directly, exploiting sensitive channels such as work email addresses and the mobile numbers used to follow up on fines.

These scams often take the form of messages containing a link, supposedly to view a fine notice or make an urgent payment, but really designed to steal bank details or break into your systems. Don't fall into the trap!

Fraud attempts impersonating ANTAI in France

For several months now, individuals and professionals alike have been receiving traffic fine notices, sometimes even twice, by post, email or text message, for example:

• “Your last offense has not been paid. Settle it within 48 hours via this link to avoid an increased fine.”

• “A parking offense has been recorded. View your file here.”

These messages redirect to dubious websites that impersonate the French government, even mimicking the official address with variants such as noreply-antai.fr, antai-info.com or nepasrepondre@antai-gouv-fr.com. ANTAI never sends text messages about a traffic fine or an online payment. It does not ask for sensitive information such as bank details or a postal address, or ask you to log in to a website urgently.

The link provided always leads to a fake website, an almost perfect copy of the official portal. What are these cybercriminals after?

1. Stealing sensitive data: bank details (banking phishing), login credentials (HR accounts, etc.).

2. Triggering a fraudulent payment for a fine that does not exist.

3. Infecting your systems (computers, servers) with malware or ransomware.

An email titled “unpaid fine” or “parking fine” can look genuine and push you to act in haste. It is a well-honed scam that also targets businesses. Fleet managers and HR departments need to be extremely vigilant about this kind of ANTAI fraud at work.

So you need a procedure for checking every fine notice you receive and every website before entering sensitive data on it, and you need to brief your teams so they are well protected against this type of fraud.

Why is your company a prime target for the ANTAI scam?

Fraudsters do not pick companies with vehicle fleets at random. Several factors explain this preference:

• Many people involved: HR managers, fleet managers, accountants... all of them may receive fine notices, sometimes with a case number that looks genuine.

• Administrative pressure: with short deadlines in France (15 days to pay the reduced fine, 30 days when paying online; 45 days to designate the driver of a company vehicle), haste leads to mistakes.

• Information overload: between letters from ANTAI, emails and internal messages, the fakes go unnoticed.

• The habit of acting fast: especially when a message seems to come from the police or the French Ministry of the Interior, in the hope of a quick settlement or of avoiding a surcharge.

In July 2026, ANTAI was still warning about fraudulent emails that offer to settle or contest unpaid fines on fake official websites, in order to illegally collect personal or bank details. Knowing how to report a suspicious email or text message has become a crucial skill for preventing a data breach.

Companies also need to build these risks into their cybersecurity policy and GDPR compliance, because the data targeted is often sensitive, such as employees' identity information, bank details or confidential internal documents.

How do you spot and foil a fraudulent ANTAI text or email? Essential best practices

To avoid phishing traps, adopt these essential security reflexes:

1. NEVER CLICK on a link or attachment from an unexpected email address or text message, even if it seems to come from ANTAI.

2. ALWAYS CHECK THE URL: The official websites are https://www.antai.gouv.fr, https://www.amendes.gouv.fr for paying fines and https://www.stationnement.gouv.fr for paying post-parking charges (FPS). Beware of shortened URLs and lookalike web addresses (e.g., antai-gouv.org, info-antai.com).

3. CHECK THE SENDER'S ADDRESS AND AUTHENTICITY: An official address ends in @antai.gouv.fr. Any other ending is suspicious.

4. LOOK CLOSELY AT THE MESSAGE: Spelling mistakes, clumsy wording, poor grammar or an alarmist tone are typical of a scam.

5. NEVER SHARE SENSITIVE INFORMATION (card number, bank account details, passwords, work login credentials) by email or text message. ANTAI will never ask you for this information this way.

6. PREFER HANDLING FINES BY POST or through an authenticated portal.

7. TRAIN YOUR TEAMS AND RAISE THEIR AWARENESS: Fleet managers, HR and all the employees concerned should be trained to recognize text message fraud and email phishing attempts. Phishing simulations can help.

8. CENTRALIZE FINE MANAGEMENT in a secure, controlled and verified environment, which limits exposure to fraudulent messages.

9. IF IN DOUBT, contact the police or ANTAI directly through their official website: https://www.antai.gouv.fr.

To report an attempt, follow ANTAI's guidance (in French): report the fraudulent website on internet-signalement.gouv.fr, the French Ministry of the Interior's Pharos platform, and forward the text message to 33700, the French reporting platform for spam calls and texts. For a fake email, the CNIL (the French data protection authority), which ANTAI refers readers to, recommends Signal Spam (signal-spam.fr). If you have already clicked or shared your bank details, cybermalveillance.gouv.fr, France's national assistance service for victims of cybercrime, has a page on this scam (in French) that walks you through the next steps: blocking your card, keeping evidence and filing a complaint.

Dadycar: your shield against ANTAI fraud, for calm and secure offense management

Against these scams, individual vigilance has its limits. Dadycar offers a SaaS (software as a service) solution with an offense management module: each notice is recorded with its vehicle, the driver assigned on the date of the offense is identified, and the designation is then made on the official antai.gouv.fr website with the information gathered.

With Dadycar, say goodbye to the risks of suspicious emails and text messages:

• A single internal process: each notice received is recorded in the Offenses module with its vehicle, date and status, until the case is closed.

• Case file kept: the assignment, site and vehicle documents stay in the file, which helps if the driver disputes the offense.

• Reminders before the deadline: reminders alert the person in charge before the designation deadline runs out.

• Designation prepared: driver, assignment period and site are gathered for entry on antai.gouv.fr.

• Centralized dashboard: ANTAI notices and post-parking charges (FPS) are each tracked in their own queue, for HR, management and fleet managers.

By centralizing notices and documents, Dadycar reduces the chances of acting on a fake notice received by email or text message.

Beyond antivirus: why a secure business tool is crucial against ANTAI phishing

Your company's cybersecurity no longer rests on antivirus software and firewalls alone. Against attacks impersonating ANTAI, reliable business tools that centralize the handling of notices are becoming a cornerstone of your defense strategy.

Conclusion

Suspicious text messages and emails are a real threat to businesses. Don't let cybercriminals exploit security gaps and the complexity of managing fines. By centralizing data, preparing designations and keeping a record of every case, Dadycar limits costly mistakes.

Choose peace of mind and performance. Make Dadycar your strategic ally for smooth, secure traffic fine management and safer handling of your fine notices.