Scam of the day – October 7, 2025 – ParkMobile Class Action Settlement

by | Oct 6, 2025 | Scam of the day

ParkMobile the popular mobile and web parking payment platform suffered a data breach in 2021 resulting in personal information of 22 million of its users being compromised and then leaked on a Dark Web hacking forum making the information available to anyone accessing the site.  The data stolen included names, cell phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses, license plate numbers and vehicle information.  A class action was filed by victims of the data breach and last week ParkMobile sent out emails notifying the affected members of the class that they would be receiving the princely sum of one dollar through a $0.25 discount on ParkMobile’s service fees for four uses.  In addition, except in California where such a provision is illegal, victims of the data breach must use the credit by October 8, 2026.  In order to use the credit you need to manually add it to your account using the discount code of P@rkMobile-$1 under Payment-Discounts before starting a session.

Fortunately, the data compromised in the data breach is not sensitive material such as Social Security numbers that can directly lead to identity theft, but the information is valuable to a scammer or identity thief who can use this information to craft convincing, legitimate appearing spear phishing emails to lure people into making payments, clicking on infected links or providing personal information that can lead to identity theft.  ParkMobile is warning people of phony text messages that appear to come from ParkMobile asking them to click on a link to pay a phony balance online.

TIPS

Everyone, regardless of whether you are a victim of a data breach or not should freeze their credit if they have not already done so.  Actually, freezing your credit is actually something everyone should do.  It is free and easy to do.  In addition, it protects you from someone using your identity to obtain loans or make large purchases even if they have your Social Security number.  If you have not already done so, put a credit freeze on your credit reports at all of the major credit reporting agencies.  Here are links to each of them with instructions about how to get a credit freeze:

Everyone also should monitor their credit reports regularly for indications of identity theft.  The three major credit reporting agencies now provide free weekly access to your credit reports so you can monitor your credit reports easily on your own.  Here is the only link to use to get your free credit reports.https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action
Some scammers have websites that appear to offer “free” credit reports, but if you read the fine print, you often may find that you have signed up for unnecessary services.
While the good news is that no Social Security numbers or financial information was stolen in this data breach, the contact information provides the hackers with information that can help them make convincing spear phishing emails. Be particularly wary of anyone who contacts you purporting to help you in regard to the data breach who asks for personal information in regard to this data breach as that is a favorite tactic of hackers to lure you into providing additional personal information that can lead to your becoming a victim of identity theft.  Also, as always, never click on a link or download an attachment to an email or text message unless you have absolutely confirmed that it is legitimate and don’t provide personal information in response to an email, text message or phone call unless you have absolutely confirmed that the communication was legitimate.

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