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The Nevada departments of motor vehicles and transportation join other agencies warning of a texting scheme circulating inside and outside of Nevada.
These text messages make claims of unpaid toll road fees and ask recipients to click through to a website to pay and avoid being reported to the DMV.
Nevada does not charge tolls on public roads, meaning that any claims of toll road fees in the state of Nevada are illegitimate. There are tolls on roads and bridges in California, making this scam very widespread, and cases are being reported coast to coast.
To avoid a text scam like this:
- Don’t click on any links in, or respond to, unexpected texts. Scammers want you to react quickly, but it’s best to stop and check it out.
- Check to see if the text is legit. Reach out to the state’s tolling agency using a phone number or website you know is real — not the info from the text.
- Report and delete unwanted text messages. Use your phone’s “report junk” option to report unwanted texts to your messaging app or forward them to 7726 (SPAM). Once you’ve checked it out and reported it, delete the text.
The Federal Trade Commission offers online resources to recognize and report text and other scams: How to Recognize and Report Spam Text Messages | Consumer Advice
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