A method for classifying a received vehicle-to-X message, wherein the vehicle-to-X message is sent by a sender and received by a receiver that performs the classification, wherein the vehicle-to-X message contains first information regarding the sender, and wherein first information regarding the receiver is sensorially determined, wherein a sender region is determined from the first information regarding the sender, and a receiver region is determined from the first information regarding the receiver, and the classification is determined according to an overlapping of the sender region and the receiver region.