Sri Lanka, July 15 -- Fake text messages misusing the name of the Sri Lanka Police are being circulated, misleading the public to pay fines for speeding violations.

Security forces requested the public to remain highly vigilant as this fraudulent activity is spreading rapidly, targeting mobile phone users across the country over the past few days.

Organised scammers created phishing websites with interfaces highly similar to the official government 'GovPay' website, attempting to deceive the public and steal their bank cards and personal information. The correct address of the official government GovPay website is govpay.lk or govpay.lk/en/, and all official government websites always operate under the official government gov.lk domain ...