Your phone buzzes. A text arrives, official-looking and mildly alarming, telling you that you owe $12.51 in unpaid tolls and ...

Americans lost $3.5 billion to imposter scams in 2025, a nearly 20 percent jump from the prior year, with fake unpaid-toll text messages driving a sharp rise in government impersonation fraud. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every day, drivers find themselves getting rammed by one fake text after another. One phony alert hitting smartphones in 2026 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Highway toll payment sign directing drivers to E-ZPass Only lanes or toll booths accepting cash and credit card payments in Ohio, ...

Smartphone users are being targeted by scam texts saying they have unpaid tolls and E-ZPass charges. If you're a smartphone user, chances are you've received a text message claiming you need to pay ...

SEATTLE — Drivers in Washington are being warned that a familiar scam is becoming more difficult to detect. State officials say those behind "unpaid toll" scams are now using artificial intelligence ...

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is preparing to roll out a new pilot program that will alert drivers to unpaid tolls through text messages, reports Bryanna Gallagher for 6abc. Through the new program, ...

The turnpike is reminding customers to refrain from clicking on links or engaging with unexpected texts demanding money for ...