Beware: New Phishing Scam Targets Bay Area Residents with FasTrak Deception!

(KRON) — California Toll Operators despatched out a warning on Tuesday concerning a “phishing” rip-off being despatched out just lately.

The rip-off entails customers getting a textual content saying they owe a certain quantity of toll cash. Bay Space residents, together with a number of within the KRON4 newsroom, obtained texts claiming they owed cash to FasTrak.

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“California Toll Operators are advising drivers to disregard phishing texts being sent to their phones that detail a specific outstanding toll amount,” California Toll Operators’s warning stated. “Toll operators do NOT send text messages to non-accountholders.”

The rip-off messages embody a memo instructing the recipient to pay for “FasTrak Lane” by a sure date to keep away from “excessive late fees and potential legal action.”

Beneath that, the iMessages embody a fake hyperlink to FasTrak and directions on easy methods to open it.

Some messages have come from unusual numbers that start with +63, the Philippines’ space code.

When you obtained this textual content, California Toll Operators advises submitting a grievance with the Worldwide Crime Criticism Middle. If you’re not sure if a textual content message is a rip-off, contact your native toll company.