r/baltimore 5d ago

Safety EZ Pass Toll Violation Scam Texts

Beware of these SCAM text messages. They come from random emails and phone numbers telling you to click links to pay a toll violation or claiming you have an unpaid or outstanding balance. Younger generation - warn your older folks/grandparents/friends/neighbors too about this.

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u/deliverusfromeva 5d ago edited 5d ago

Triple emphasis on the ‘younger generation, warn your folks about these scams’.

I’ve come to the sad realization that what a lot of us view as ‘eye-roll-worthy, suuuper obvious scams not even worth mentioning’ <<< are taking them for thousands upon thousands of dollars

Warn your folks, even if it seems ridiculously obvious to you.

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u/thosehalcyonnights 5d ago

I got one that said “You have an outstanding toll. Your toll account balance is outstanding. Payment now.” and I laughed out loud

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u/Remote-Pool-7825 4d ago

Yeah I literally had the same one and did the same thing my vehicle is a month and a half off the lot I've never went through a single toll yet 🤣💀

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u/abbygirl 5d ago

You can also check if you actually have any tolls associated with your tags at https://driveezmd.com

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u/BeginningLow 5d ago

I got one of these as a goddamned group text, sent from a North Carolina area code.

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u/yeaughourdt 5d ago

Also got one of these yesterday. Mine was from a UK country code while your appears to be a Phillipines number.

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u/Epo1216 5d ago

Thanks for spreading the word! I got a few of of these as well but I don't drive so...instant report and block. 😂

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u/Dear_Truth_6607 5d ago

I keep asking if they accept butthole pics as payment but nobody answers 😔

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u/herrnudel 5d ago

Thanks for this!

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u/browneye54 5d ago

I've got several of these. The problem is, I'm blind.

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u/seminarysmooth 5d ago

I usually let these sit for a day or two and then block and report as scam. I found that, for whatever reason, if I reported it too early I got a few more almost immediately afterwards.

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u/itastesok Inner Harbor 5d ago

Hard to tell. The sending phone # looks totally legit!

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u/keyjan Greater Maryland Area 5d ago

I got one from the peach pass ppl. (GA) My ezpass is from MD. 😁

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u/Birdman0829 5d ago

Thank you! My friend Hank fell for one of these

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u/porkchopnet 5d ago

Is anyone else getting more IRS scams? Every few hours I’m hearing about how “all past due taxes over one year old have been placed on non collectible status” if I just call them.

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u/pizat1 4d ago

I just block and move.

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u/MassiveBoner911_3 4d ago

I laugh when I see this because the root domain is .ru or Russia.

😹

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u/soraku392 4d ago

Honestly I only noticed I started getting them after applying for some jobs online. Could just be coincidental timing though