Texas toll customers are being targeted by a new scam involving fraudulent text messages that appear to be from TxTag or other toll agencies. These texts often claim there is an outstanding toll charge and provide a link to pay the amount. Authorities urge people not to click on any links and to report these scams to TxTag and the FBI.
There’s a new scam going around, targeting people who drive on Texas toll road s. It involves fraudulent text message s that appear to be from TxTag or other toll agencies.Marble Falls resident Judy Barnette advises toll customers to be aware and be cautious, after she and many others received a text purporting to be from TxTag."I wondered if there was another company that was allied with TxTag, and that was suspicious," said Barnette.
"Multiple people across our area have reported these phony texts to the Better Business Bureau, from North Austin to Killeen to Pflugerville.Barnette says she knew it was fake."First, the amount that they said that I owed, I knew was an error because I don't go into Austin that often. Where I would have that large you built. And so I thought, something's up," said Barnette.
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