Fraudulent messages use senders similar or, in some cases, the same as those used by AMA, such as ‘CMD’, and usually ask users for personal data or to confirm data via links.

These messages are not sent by AMA and you should never reply to or click on any links in these messages.

Example of a fraudulent message

In this example, the scam would involve the citizen clicking on a link without the Portuguese government domain ‘gov.pt’. Clicking on the link would take them to a page very similar to Autenticação.gov, where they would be asked for their personal details, which would then be accessible to the fraudsters.