FBI warns of massive wave of road toll SMS phishing attacks

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road toll feesppThese attacks started last month and the federal law enforcement agency says thousands of people have already reported that the scammers have targeted themppSince earlyMarch 2024 the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has received over 2000 complaints reporting smishing texts representing road toll collection service from at least three states the FBI explained in a public service announcement published todayppWhile the mobile phishing campaign has yet to reach some US regions this can be explained by the fact that complaint information collected so far by IC3 indicates the scam may be moving from state to stateppThe FBI says the malicious text messages claim the recipient owes money for unpaid tolls and contain almost identical languageppFor instance all reports mention the attackers using outstanding toll amount to trick the targets into clicking an embedded hyperlinkppHowever the link provided within the text is created to impersonate the states toll service name and phone numbers appear to change between states the FBI explainsppPennsylvania Turnpike one of the road toll services whose customers were targeted in these attacks cautioned those receiving the phishing messages not to tap the linksppSome customers have received phishingattempt text messages claiming to be from the PA Turnpikes toll services If you receive such a text providing you with a link to pay an outstanding toll do not click on the link and delete the text the service said on MondayppBE AWARE We have received multiple concerns regarding the attached scam text message in our area This link will send you to a fake Turnpike website and collect your information the Pennsylvania State Police also warnedppWhile the FBI did not mention EZPass in todays PSA a toll collection system used across Eastern Midwestern and Southern United States BleepingComputer is aware that the threat actors have also been targeting EZPass customers since MarchppThe FBI asked those who receive one 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