\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScammers are increasingly using text messages to deceive drivers with fake unpaid toll citations, urging them to click on links and provide personal information.After slowing down for a few months, threatening text messages about unpaid tolls are ramping up.Text message detailsA recent message claims to be a toll evasion citation from the Pennsylvania Traffic Court, stating that a court date and time have been set to contest the ticket.The message includes a link to pay the toll and threatens that failure to respond will result in:A suspended driver’s licenseVehicle registration holdReporting of the social security number to credit bureaus.The text does not mention the PA Turnpike or E-ZPass, unlike most other scam texts.However, the warning remains the same: do not click on the link in a message. If you do, you’ll be asked to provide credit card or personal information. A text message is not how you are notified of an overdue or unpaid toll.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Scammers are increasingly using text messages to deceive drivers with fake unpaid toll citations, urging them to click on links and provide personal information.<\/p>\n
After slowing down for a few months, threatening text messages about unpaid tolls are ramping up.<\/p>\n
Text message details<\/p>\n
A recent message claims to be a toll evasion citation from the Pennsylvania Traffic Court, stating that a court date and time have been set to contest the ticket.<\/p>\n
The message includes a link to pay the toll and threatens that failure to respond will result in:<\/p>\n
A suspended driver’s licenseVehicle registration holdReporting of the social security number to credit bureaus.<\/p>\n
The text does not mention the PA Turnpike or E-ZPass, unlike most other scam texts.<\/p>\n
However, the warning remains the same: do not click on the link in a message. If you do, you’ll be asked to provide credit card or personal information. A text message is not how you are notified of an overdue or unpaid toll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scammers are increasingly using text messages to deceive drivers with fake unpaid toll citations, urging them to click…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8522,54194,54192,37207,54186,54191,54193,47353,54195,8525,10397,28,15667,46768,30,29,54187,21707,31897,21713,32479,54188,526,54190,54189],"class_list":["post-113501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-8-on-your-side","tag-court-date","tag-credit-bureaus","tag-e-zpass","tag-ez-pass","tag-fake-unpaid-toll-citation","tag-licensevehicle-registration-holdreporting","tag-link","tag-most-other-scam-text","tag-on-your-side","tag-pa-turnpike","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-driver","tag-pennsylvania-drivers","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-traffic-court","tag-personal-information","tag-scammer","tag-social-security-number","tag-text-message","tag-text-message-scam","tag-time","tag-unpaid-toll-threat","tag-unpaid-toll-threats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}