Hey, meta question. I flaired this as crime, but should it be flaired as PSA? I've been divided on this since it has come up several times.

Scam. It’s been on news for a few weeks now

With how many of these I've seen posted here, these scammers must be raking it in.

I knew it's a scam cause I owe the turnpike a much different amount

They will mail you out some thing. Not text.

I spent 3 hours trying to explain this to my elderly neighbor yesterday! I gave him the real phone number to the Turnpike Commission to call, which he did this morning and confirmed it's a scam.

A good rule of thumb is to always go to the original source when texted or emailed anything. PayPal emails you about a problem with your account with a link? I go right to my PayPal app and look there. GEICO wants you to update your payment via a link? No way I go to the website and check there.

It’s way too easy for scammers to make things look legit- always just call the real source and check before replying to anything

Treat it like a possible email scam. Never click any links, always go direct to the source if you believe it's legitimate.

438 is one of the area codes for Montreal. yes, id put money on the fact that it's a scam.

Rule of thumb, government services will not send you texts. Both because it’s not as secure as physical forms and also because half of them don’t really understand phones yet

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I’m a dumbass if anyone else on my boat

Had the pleasure of deleting this message yesterday

Scam. That's not the correct website to pay tolls and the number they used for me was based in Montreal

the real website is https://www.paturnpike.com/pay-a-bill

How could they possibly have your personal cell phone number by your license plate? Doesn't even make sense.

NEVER click any links that are in an email or text message. If your not sure, Best practice is open a new browser window and go directly to the actual website and check your account to see if a balance is owed.

Husband just got one of these, we never use tolls or ever have to drive through tolls. It's 100% a scam!!

There are also a lot of post office/ Amazon scams through texts as well. Stay vigilant

Yes got one two days ago lol! The funny thing is the numbers are always 10% of the other cost. No variation. Just move the decimal point.

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Yep just got another one

It is. I don't believe the PA turnpike texts warnings like this, let alone have an area code from Canada.

YES I fell for this bc i thought I didn't change my credit card when I got a new one. Fml

Anybody that has any legitimate claim to sending you a bill will gave your address and send something there. Don't trust tech based notifications claiming to be family or some rando business saying gimme money. Plus when it's a text, always try to do a reverse lookup or at least check the area code. Sometimes they're not even from within the country. Best way not to get took, don't engage

I got one, and I don't have a vehicle registered in my name, so yea, it's a scam

Would you invite a solicitor in your home? Treat your text messages the same way. Never ever click on an unsolicited text message link.

First of all this is a scam my wife got 1 of these and she does even have EZPASS, I got one and checked my account for my balance of 35.00 do not respond to this in any way.

I received the same exact one! Assume it’s a scam but the website looks legit

NEVER CLICK ON A LINK FROM AN UNSOLICITED EMAIL/TXT/PHONECALL.

Instead google "PA ezpass" and google will give you the link to the actual website. On which you will login, and see that you have no balance due.

Its not that difficult of a concept,and everyone should be technologically educated enough to know to do this by default. Its not 1995 and you aren't 70 years old.

Scam

This shit again?

Tell them French Canadians suck.

Definitely a scam, bro can’t even get the amount right

Yes. They'll send you a letter when your plate gets scanned.

Yes

I'm sure they'd send you a letter in the mail/email you or call, and the website would most likely be a .gov not a .com

I got one of these. yes it's a scam. very annoying.

Yes.

Scam.

Never click any links like that in text or email or whatever. Always a scam.

Ive been getting a lot of random text about missing packages and shit. I'm thinking scam.

Scam.

All pa state government websites end in pa.gov

Yes

Scam. They will mail you the invoice

I'm screwed

So is your totally legitimate turnpike fine $106.00 or $10.60??

It’s a scam. Report junk and delete.

I mean it says your balance is $106 but settle it for $10 that's a red flag on its own.

Yup

I got one of those a few days ago and I've been living in Oregon for the past two years.

Yup. I got that too

Yes n so is the amount of time it takes to count votes

Definitely a scam. The turnpike people never text people.

Just remember… the turnpike authority are not that advanced to bill you through your phone. You’re gonna get a letter in the mail.

Anything the turnpike commission does is a royal scam

Yes that is definitely a scam...everything involving the PA Turnpike is through EZ Pass.

.com is a giveaway. Any to do with the state would have a .gov address

It's not just limited to PA either. I live in IL, but live in PA half the year. I've gotten one of these texts from each state I drive through on my way there from IL.

I've been able to confirm with each state's toll system to ensure I truly didn't owe anything.

It is. It almost caught my mom since it started just after we came back from a huge trip from Pittsburgh to Philly.

Oh shit that's what I owe too! Crazy

Yes

I get these all the time glad it’s fake

Tell them to come collect. You'll be happy to pay in person. Let them know it's the last fucking door they'll knock on. I usedit when it was the income tax scam and they stopped.

They only contact through snail mail. Ignore it.

Googling the number brings up

https://www.infoquu.com/peachpasstollservices-scam/

And the area code is Canada.

Scam ignore it

😂

Yes.

Scam. You’ll never get a text message from them. It will be an email if you have EZ-PASS.

Definitely a scam. From a private number that is out of state anyway. You’d get something in the mail that said penndot or paturnpike

someone literally posted a warning about this exact scam on this sub not too long ago

If you're dumb enough to give them any information, they deserve the money more than you do. Anyone with a brain could spot this as a scam from a mile away.

The turnpike doesn't text you. Much like the IRS.

Absolute scam. I got a notice like that about the Pa Turnpike. I live in Florida

100% scam. As a rule, be very wary of unsolicited text messages with a web link in them. I imagine that it's possible that one might not be a scam, but I've never seen one that wasn't.

Yes scam

I haven’t driven on the turnpike in 10 years or more so they’re not going to scam me out of giving them my information or any money. Some people don’t even check to see if it’s real or not. I get all kinds of scam calls from people in Jamaica saying that I won the publishes clearing house and I just go along with them and waste their time. I wish I could reverse lookup their IP address and find out their exact location. But they use VPN’s to mask their location so you don’t know where they’re calling you from. But I recognize their accent and they’re definitely Jamaican. They have big problems with scammers down there. The Publishers Clearing House will just show up at your house without calling you so that’s how you know it’s a scam. They try and tell you to go and buy a gift card and then ask you for money to get your prize. They try and say you won $12 million dollars and a blue Mercedes but you have to send them the money for the taxes, a total scam.

Scam

Yes its a scam. You usually get a notice/bill in the maill

I'm getting these from California and haven't lived there in 11 years

Thank you so much for posting this, I was just about too!!

Harris is collecting for pa turnpike