Pound Sand Pay-Your-Toll Scammers
- Anne Boswell Taylor
- Jun 4
- 1 min read
You're not alone if you recently received a text warning you of your un-paid toll, to pay it now, or else.
Insert eyeroll here please.
As a resident of Southeast Colorado, I don't drive on toll roads, there are NONE down here so I looked into the text I received warning me to pay it now.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, it's a popular text scam at the current moment.
Check it out here if you want to see for yourself.
But basically, it says, if you receive a text, with urgency and warnings to click here now and pay for forever be in trouble. You aren't.
This is the text I received:
If you want to learn more about spotting these miscreants trying to take your money through texts like this, here's the website, https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-report-spam-text-messages
And yes, that's the legit website, we researched it.
To finish out this thought, I don't take toll roads anywhere I travel, why pay for the road twice? My dad always encouraged me to take the back roads and not get in a hurry to get to where I'm going. After, all, you should enjoy the journey, right?
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