100 Percent Fed Up By Russell Bartlett
Scammers are always looking for new ways to snag cash or personal information from their victims.
In recent years, a new strategy known as “smishing” — a combination of SMS text messages and phishing scams — has become particularly profitable.
And now, the FBI is joining state and local authorities nationwide in issuing an advisory about one notorious scam in particular.
According to The Hill:
Drivers should be on the lookout for scam text messages warning of an unpaid road toll bill, according to recent warnings from authorities.
The text messages name the local toll service, such as FasTrak in California, and have a link that takes the victim to a convincingly-duped version of the collection operator’s website.
“The texts claim the recipient owes money for unpaid tolls and contain almost identical language,” according to the FBI. “The ‘outstanding toll amount’ is similar among the complaints reported to the IC3 (FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center). However, the link provided within the text is created to impersonate the state’s toll service name, and phone numbers appear to change between states.”
The FBI told Nexstar that it received more than 60,000 complaints in 2024 from people reporting suspicious messages about unpaid tolls…
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