If you or someone in your family drives on a toll road, EZ Pass highway, or bridge, be careful if you get an email or text saying you owe money for a missed toll payment, because it is most definitely a scam.
The scammers are sending out volumes of these fake messages hoping that you’ll be curious enough – or their scare tactics will scare you enough – that you’ll click on a link to pay up. The problem is that all the scammers really want is your credit card info.
Part of the grease that the scammers use is a small amount of money for what you supposedly owe – like $10 – just enough to make you think, "Ugh, maybe I did forget a toll," and just pay to get it over with.
Despite the fact that toll places usually send you a bill in the mail and not some random text, human nature being what it is, take the advice of Truman Kain, a security researcher at Huntress if you get one of these toll messages...