Gotten texts saying you owe a toll? It's almost 100% going to be a scam. I've gotten quite a few such texts, allegedly from states that I have never even driven through. Yes, not only is the cake a lie, but the text is a scam.
Especially so if they claim you owe for a toll in Michigan.
That's because Michigan doesn't have any toll roads. As in none, zero, nada.
The Detroit News: Scammers run toll scheme with imposter government website, MDOT says
Government agencies are not going to send you a text saying you owe a toll.
Nor do governments want payments in gift cards, crypto, or wire transfers.
Your best course of action is to not click on any links in the text, and immediately delete the message and mark it as junk when you do so.
Update: Talk about timing! A few hours after I posted this I got the following text:
Yes, it is very, very fake.
2 comments:
I've seen a lot of the toll scams posted on the Twitters.....
Matthew W: Yep, the scammers are getting rather prolific with them.
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