Latvian digital agency warns of fraudulent texts about e-address messages

Latvia's State Digital Development Agency (VDAA) has reported receiving information about fraudulent SMS messages telling recipients that a new message has arrived in their e-address (e-adrese) account. The agency states clearly that it never sends such SMS notifications itself.

Anyone who receives such a text is advised not to use the links included in it. Instead, people should log in directly to the "Latvija.gov.lv" portal to check whether a new e-address message has actually been received.

How to recognize a genuine notification

The agency explains that legitimate notifications about new e-address messages are sent by email, not SMS, from the address noreply@eadrese.gov.lv. Anyone receiving such an email is urged to carefully check the sender's address to confirm it exactly matches noreply@eadrese.gov.lv.

The warning comes amid a broader pattern of scams in which fraudsters use fake links to try to gain access to people's personal data or accounts.