New Mexico Department of Transportation Warns About Scam Texts, Calls

New Mexico Department of Transportation warns about scam texts, calls

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) wants to remind people it will not send text messages or make phone calls to collect fees or payments for traffic tickets. If you receive a message about an outstanding ticket, do not provide any payment information, NMDOT said.  Courtesy of NMDOT What you should do:  · Do not click on any links in suspicious text messages.  · Do not answer unsolicited phone calls regar…

‘I almost got taken’: Could AI be fuelling more text scams?

When Janean Compton received a pair of text messages this week claiming she had a speeding ticket, her first reaction was to wonder if they were legitimate.

New Mexico DOT warns of ticket scams

The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) is reminding New Mexico residents that it does not send text messages or make phone calls to collect fees or payments for traffic tickets. In Friday press release officials warned that anyone receiving…

Scammers pose as Hinds County Sheriff’s Office in scam for money

Scammers pose as Hinds County Sheriff’s Office in scam for money JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The Jackson Police Department announced that they are currently receiving calls from multiple individuals who’ve been contacted by scammers pretending to be from the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office. According to JPD, the caller says that they have a warrant for your arrest and will come to your home and arrest you unless you wire money using a QR code that the…

Marshall County Sherriff's Office issuing warning about scams

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

HCSO warns of scams impersonating personnel, agency phone numbers

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