{"id":3782,"date":"2024-05-30T08:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=3782"},"modified":"2024-05-30T08:56:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:56:05","slug":"oklahoma-attorney-generals-office-warns-of-overdue-toll-charge-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/text-scam\/oklahoma-attorney-generals-office-warns-of-overdue-toll-charge-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Attorney General&#8217;s Office warns of overdue toll charge scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Attorney General Gentner Drummond is cautioning Oklahomans about a new scam involving text messages about overdue toll charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recipients have been getting messages claiming they owe past due toll charges, with a link provided for payment. These messages are phishing attacks aimed at stealing personal information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese scammers are not just after your money; they are after your identity,\u201d Drummond said in a press release. \u201cOklahomans should remain vigilant against this new scam as well as other personal-identity phishing scams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General&#8217;s Office reports that the FBI has received over 2,000 complaints about toll collection text scams in the past two months. This scam has been observed in eight states, with Oklahoma being the latest target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-05-30-14.16.41-A-person-receiving-a-text-message-on-their-smartphone-about-overdue-toll-charges-with-a-link-to-pay.-The-phone-screen-shows-the-text-message-with-a-su.webp\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-05-30-14.16.41-A-person-receiving-a-text-message-on-their-smartphone-about-overdue-toll-charges-with-a-link-to-pay.-The-phone-screen-shows-the-text-message-with-a-su.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-05-30-14.16.41-A-person-receiving-a-text-message-on-their-smartphone-about-overdue-toll-charges-with-a-link-to-pay.-The-phone-screen-shows-the-text-message-with-a-su.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-05-30-14.16.41-A-person-receiving-a-text-message-on-their-smartphone-about-overdue-toll-charges-with-a-link-to-pay.-The-phone-screen-shows-the-text-message-with-a-su-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-05-30-14.16.41-A-person-receiving-a-text-message-on-their-smartphone-about-overdue-toll-charges-with-a-link-to-pay.-The-phone-screen-shows-the-text-message-with-a-su-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-05-30-14.16.41-A-person-receiving-a-text-message-on-their-smartphone-about-overdue-toll-charges-with-a-link-to-pay.-The-phone-screen-shows-the-text-message-with-a-su-768x768.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Trade Commission offers these tips to help spot and avoid overdue toll text scams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Slow Down:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t rush to click on links or respond to the text.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Verify with the Tolling Agency:<\/strong> If you&#8217;re concerned the text might be a scam, call the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority at 800-745-3727.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Report Unwanted Text Messages:<\/strong> Use your phone&#8217;s &#8220;report junk&#8221; option to report the text.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t Engage:<\/strong> Delete the message. Once you&#8217;ve checked it out and reported it, delete the message.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Gentner Drummond is cautioning Oklahomans about a new scam involving text messages about overdue toll charges. Recipients have been getting messages claiming they owe past due toll charges, with a link provided for payment. These messages are phishing attacks aimed at stealing personal information. \u201cThese scammers are not just after your money; they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-3782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-text-scam","tag-scam-awareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3785,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782\/revisions\/3785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}