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I assume that like me, many of you have received a text(s) or email from some toll road authority demanding payment for an unpaid toll, and also like me, just deleted them. However I just received a text from the Texas DMV (it said) saying I had an unpaid traffic ticket, and If I did not pay it immediately by submitting a credit card to some email address, they would cancel my vehicle registration, destroy my credit, and get a warrant for my arrest. Could be believable if I had an unpaid ticket but I don't. It was sent from a Philippines country code (63). I looked it up, and this scam variation started this year. It is just a way to steal credit card information.
 
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This Urban Legend goes like this -
Some Clever Filipinos stole a Firetruck on Clark AB.
After successfully driving it away from the Fire Station,
They headed for the Front Gate.
High speed, lights flashing, siren screaming.
Through the gate they went, never to be seen again!
 
I get the same scam texts except they claim to be from NY DMV and I have unpaid electronic tolls. I respond with a goatse image.

Best,
RM Vivas
 
Latest scam I am getting is someone tring to blackmail me for "photo/video" of me doing illegal "sexual acts". I am to send $5K in Bitcoin to their designated address. The funny thing is they show me a photo and its my neighbor up the streets yard. I told the Chief...he says it's the new thing going around.
 
Breakaway500 said:
Latest scam I am getting is someone tring to blackmail me for "photo/video" of me doing illegal "sexual acts". I am to send $5K in Bitcoin to their designated address. The funny thing is they show me a photo and it's my neighbor up the streets yard. I told the Chief...he says it's the new thing going around.
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I warned you that I'm not playing. You want me to post those photos here??? :)

The scam text I keep getting is from the Florida Tolls Commission, or some name like that. They keep telling me to click on the link and pay my tollls now or face prosecution.
 
Never respond to an email or text then the scammer knows there is a real person behind the number and you get put on a different list that is sold to many other scammers on the dark web and continue to get many more emails and texts.

Best to just in block and delete.
 
The biggest scam I have heard is when you answer a phone call from a scammer, they use your voice and call your family using your phone number and voice to scam them.
 
Bugkiller99 said:
What is so sad about these scams is,

They work.

We would not continue to see them if they didn't. :(
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After years of repeated warnings how to tell a scam from legit calls, my MIL was duped into giving out here bank and CC info to a caller who said she was from the bank verifying personal info.
Fortunately she realized what she did, called my wife instead of the bank and my wife was able to have the bank put a freeze on her mother's accounts. No harm done.
Still, this shows why they keep these scams going.
 
My elderly cousin received a scam call telling her that her grandson was in jail and she needed to wire bail money. She was all tore up till her husband convinced her that it was a scam.
 
Besides my delinquent toll charges, lately I've been 'billed' three times for Anti-virus software renewal.
The scammers seem to be full speed, hard charging, do anything to get your Credit Card info.
Recommend you check your charges online, often.
I pay my CC charges online as soon as they post.
And while on the CC site, I take a Quick Look at the charges.
And lately I've received emails from unknown parties sending me 'pictures.'
Just got one after after I made this post.
Not sure exactly what these folks are up to, better not find out!
Do not open these! Delete!
 
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I've been getting the same scam but from IL Toll Roads. I live in WI. Haven't been close to IL in over five years. Last one got mean and ugly, threatening all sorts of doom and gloom. DELETE, DELETE, DELETE
 
I'm always puzzled that the phone # attached to the text has a foreign country code - the last one was from Estonia. I'm surprised that the scammers can't do a better job.
 
DWalt said:
I assume that like me, many of you have received a text(s) or email from some toll road authority demanding payment for an unpaid toll, and also like me, just deleted them. However I just received a text from the Texas DMV (it said) saying I had an unpaid traffic ticket, and If I did not pay it immediately by submitting a credit card to some email address, they would cancel my vehicle registration, destroy my credit, and get a warrant for my arrest. Could be believable if I had an unpaid ticket but I don't. It was sent from a Philippines country code (63). I looked it up, and this scam variation started this year. It is just a way to steal credit card information.
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Got the same in Illinois for Illinois. Daughter got it last week.
 
Got an e-mail yesterday on my Yahoo e-mail account from EZ TOLL something or another. Sent it directly to SPAM to help educate the SPAM filter and then DELETED it without even opening it. Occasionally one slips through the SPAM filter but if I don't recognize the sender, just like phone calls from folks not in my contacts, it immediately gets DELETED without even being opened.
 
I get at least one Spam call per day from the 771 area code. It's a new Washington, DC Overlay area code. Since it's DC, I assume anyone calling is going want money. Looking it up on line it seems that this is the new hot area code for Spam numbers.

Figures that it's Washington, DC.
 
One item I read said that in the event a victim did fall for the scam and submit a credit card number, he would then get a message from the scammer saying that the card number was invalid, and to submit another card. So now the scammer has access to two cards.
 
I receive 3 to 5 phone calls, 2 to 4 text messages, and 3 or 4 emails every day. All are scams.

My cell phone voice mail only says "No one is available to answer this call, you can leave a message after the tone."

I removed my personal voice announcements many years ago. I understand the scammers are recording human voices and with AI then using them to scam family and friends.

I do not respond or reply to unknown messages. I just delete and block them if I can.

I do not answer the phone unless I know the caller and the number appears in my caller ID.

If the call appears to be from my auto insurance company, my bank, or health insurance provider, for example, I will take the call, but unless I know what the call is about and the identity of the caller, I simply say "I'm sorry you cannot prove who you are or your identity, so this phone call is over". If they offer a phone number to call, I will write it down, but NOT use it to contact the organization. I will call my insurance company, bank, or my health insurance provider and verify any actions that need to be addressed.

I don't think you can be overly cautious today with protecting yourself from evil.
 
My phone does a good job of noting possible scam calls so I won't answer. It blocks texts well, too. Email is another problem. It usually goes to the Spam folder, but sometimes surfaces. The toll scams arrive, and I report phishing and try to block them, but they always have a different spoofed addy. Ebay bitcoin purchases, and spoofed Norton AV and Geek Squad subscriptions are nearly weekly.
 
All I know it they my Cloud, sirius, et all payments were declined and my accounts are being suspended. Don't care as I have none of them. I have also won about 10 or so took sets from lowes. home depot, and on and on.
 
Wife got an interesting scam the other day. Email from supposedly USPS That she owed them .28 cents postage. We wondered why the postman just did not put a note in the mailbox like they used to. Got down the end of the message and they asked to be paid by credit card. They tried to not alert anyone by threats or asking for cash but they were sure after the credit card information.
 
Retired W4 said:
I was wondering if anyone actually fell for these scams. I suppose if they keep on casting into the pond some poor fish will bite.
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Yes. Sadly they do. I've seen it more than once and except for one occassion all were elderly folks. I didn'[t feel too sorry for them, though...I found them to be beyond excessively greedy.
 
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