Police in Upper Austria are warning of a surge in SMS scams, while new figures suggest pension splitting is still barely used by parents, plus more stories from Austria on Thursday. Police warn of new SMS scam wave in Upper AustriaPolice in Upper Austria say scammers are sending large numbers of text messages containing harmful links, according to ORF Upper Austria. In the last 2 weeks, the reported losses in Upper Austria have already exceeded €800,000, with the total described as close to €1 million. The deviation is larger in the lowlands, including Vienna at 2.2 degrees colder, Eisenstadt at 2 degrees colder and Graz at 1.9 degrees colder, while the deviation in the mountains is put at 0.3 degrees. Pension splitting still rarely used despite long-running debateOnly a small share of parents used pension splitting again in 2025, with new figures showing 1,732 people shared pension contributions last year, according to Die Presse.