MassDOT urges customers to never click links sent by unknown numbers or emails. They emphasized that they will never send a bill or any information through a text message. Gulliver says the scam ...

Cell phones across the Bay State lit up with text messages on Friday morning asking recipients to pay their $6.99 EZ Pass bill. “Your vehicle has an unpaid toll bill,” one of the text messages ...

This is smishing, a text message scam, technically referred to as a tactic at social engineering. Based on a recent uptick of reports, MassDOT made its third warning about smishing in recent months.

If you got a text message urging you to pay tolls through a linked website, watch out — it’s almost certainly a scam. “The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) was alerted ...

The EZDriveMA scam involves a text asking drivers to pay a small fee, usually just $6.99, on their unpaid tolls for using the ...

"Due to an increase in scams, #MassDOT is reminding customers to be mindful of text message-based scams, also known as smishing," the department said in an advisory shared in an X post on Friday.

(WFSB) - The Massachusetts Department of Transportation warned drivers about a new scam that attempts to steal personal and financial information through fraudulent text messages. MassDOT ...

But MassDOT says they are part of a "smishing" scam using text-based messaging. The department says not to open links in unsolicited texts or emails regarding EZDriveMA or any other toll agencies.

These text message schemes are also known as smishing ... The schemers, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), are claiming to represent the tolling company ...

“Your vehicle has an unpaid toll bill,” one of the text messages read. “To avoid excessive late fees on your bill, please settle it promptly.” Don’t fall for it, MassDOT warned the ...