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"Text-based toll charge scams are prevalent right now and knowing what to look for can keep consumers safe against these tactics." Bonta said that scam texts in California may claim to come from ...
Last April, the FBI reported receiving more than 2,000 complaints reporting smishing scams representing toll road collection services in three states. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) put out a ...
An SMS scam targeting road tolls has resurfaced, claiming people owe money for unpaid bills.. An example of the scam text people may receive reads as follows: "Pay your FastTrak Lane tolls by ...
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
The FBI is warning people receiving texts about unpaid tolls not to click any links and instead check their state's legitimate toll service website. That text message about your unpaid tolls may ...
Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...
In the scam, Florida residents received text messages notifying them about an outstanding charge on their SunPass toll road payments. "We've noticed an outstanding toll amount of $12.51 in your ...
In an email, the Ohio Turnpike tells customers that it will never ask its customers to make payments by text and that collections of unpaid tolls and toll violations do not occur by text.