"Unpaid traffic ticket" scam

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I got one today. It says I have an outstanding ticket, and if they don't receive payment by today, I could lose my license, registration, etc. I nearly fell for it, because I did get a ticket (for speeding 11 miles over the limit, and the amount they allow is 10 miles over - thank you, roadside cameras) and my payment is not due for another two weeks. Fortunately, my inner alarm bell went off, and I didn't click on anything.

Then I googled it, and sure enough, that scam is making the rounds all over the place. So be very cautious about so-called traffic ticket warnings. Real tickets, etc. send notifications by regular mail, not text and I think not by email either.
 
The texts come in waves. and they try again and again
they are insane the lengths they go but somehow someway somebody fell for it.
in my area the scammers do not use the right domain, instead of .gov email it is yahoo or gmail. They assume your driver's license is tied to toll charges it is laughable.

My only pet peeve is when I mark as spam and yet next day there it is again.
 
Jeni said:
The texts come in waves. and they try again and again
they are insane the lengths they go but somehow someway somebody fell for it.
in my area the scammers do not use the right domain, instead of .gov email it is yahoo or gmail. They assume your driver's license is tied to toll charges it is laughable.

My only pet peeve is when I mark as spam and yet next day there it is again.
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You need to use Block instead !
 
I frequently receive texts claiming I have unpaid tolls. I have a Toll Tag and can look up my activity and balance at any given time. How stupid do they think we are?

I'm also receiving emails that claim I have unpaid invoices. I know what invoices are outstanding. None. Thankfully, they go to Spam.
 
seadoug said:
I frequently receive texts claiming I have unpaid tolls. I have a Toll Tag and can look up my activity and balance at any given time. How stupid do they think we are?

I'm also receiving emails that claim I have unpaid invoices. I know what invoices are outstanding. None. Thankfully, they go to Spam.
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Sadly, these scammers think we are all stupid or not paying attention.
Not sure what their percentage of people who actually fall for these, but I am assuming it has worked in past so that is why it keeps happening.
 
No government agencies send text messages about unpaid traffic tickets, unpaid taxes, or other such "debts", and blocking scammers who do send those kind of texts is not worth the effort, since the number shown on caller ID is bogus 99% of the time.

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MACKTEXAS said:
No government agencies send text messages about unpaid traffic tickets, unpaid taxes, or other such "debts", and blocking scammers who do send those kind of texts is not worth the effort, since the number shown on caller ID is bogus 99% of the time.

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What you posted about Traceability reminded me of something not quite the same subject. These ads on TV for end of life or food cards.

I noticed there is never a company mentioned in these ads and unless it's teeny tiny type, no little paragraph explaining who they are. And because I do useless things out of curiosity I started looking up phone numbers in the ads. Nothing. Except from Google that says there are not many good matches. Actually, there were none. But there was one. What came up was Chinese. I should have translated it.

There are two on now. Been on for a bit that says the offer ends March 31st. Then April hits and that ad is still going. Or the one that says they're taking calls until 5 PM Friday then that's it. That's because they close for the weekend and go back to work on Monday.

With the calls, texts, and advertising these are the little things that say so much that we need to watch out for.
 
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