Security News > 2024 > April > FBI warns of massive wave of road toll SMS phishing attacks
On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned of a massive ongoing wave of SMS phishing attacks targeting Americans with lures regarding unpaid road toll fees.
"Since early-March 2024, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center has received over 2,000 complaints reporting smishing texts representing road toll collection service from at least three states," the FBI explained in a public service announcement published today.
"However, the link provided within the text is created to impersonate the state's toll service name, and phone numbers appear to change between states," the FBI explains.
Pennsylvania Turnpike, one of the road toll services whose customers were targeted in these attacks, cautioned those receiving the phishing messages not to tap the links.
Check their account using the toll service's legitimate website.
Contact the toll service's customer service phone number.
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