"We warn of an attempted fraud received by SMS with the sender 'seg-social', and with the following text: "Alerta-se para uma tentativa de fraude recebida por SMS com o remetente 'seg-social', e com o seguinte texto: 'A Segurança Social alerta que termina hoje o prazo para evitar a penhora por ter valores em dívida, Liquide agora. Ent: 12352 Ref: 951 839 497 Valor: 454,67 Eur'".

The institute has warned that "these messages are fraudulent and do not come from Social Security" and allow "their authors to illegitimately obtain amounts arising from supposed debts to Social Security".

Any debt situation should always be confirmed with the Social Security services, through the Social Security Line 210 545 400 or 300 502 502, weekdays, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.