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Recently, 72-year-old Tracy Jeffords received a text message claiming he owed money for using a toll bridge. Since Jeffords ...
What are the E-ZPass and FasTrak scam texts, and how do you spot them? The E-ZPass toll scam has evolved and shifted over time, but the broad strokes remain the same: a text from a random number ...
FasTrak is warning of text messages being sent to customers claiming they have outstanding account balances and must pay in full or risk penalties or legal actions, the toll collector said.
According to Newsweek, scam artists are claiming to be part of the Californian toll collection system, FasTrak, and pressuring drivers to pay fake toll fees to avoid consequences.
While people are complaining about the FasTrak scam, it's a good rule of thumb to do this with any text message you receive asking for money.
In one FasTrak scam text shared with Newsweek, the message read: "Please pay your FastTrack lane tolls by February 4, 2025. To avoid a fine and keep your license, you can pay at," before revealing ...
No, FasTrak did not send you a text to pay up. It’s a ‘smishing’ scam Smishing is a phishing attempt by text message and is aimed at stealing your personal or credit card information.
Scammers are apparently not taking any time off for the holidays. They are bombarding Bay Area cellphones with a blast of bogus text messages about FasTrak – again. The scam message says you owe ...
Foreign scammers posing as FasTrak representatives have been sending text messages to victims stating there are unpaid charges on their account.