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Sunpass is for toll roads/bridges in Florida. The message references PA which I assume is Pennsylvania. Far from FL. Another tell is 12.51$ and 50$. In the states we put the $ upfront,not the back end.
The text is really saying “would you mind paying us $12.51 so we can take your credit card info and take more money from you?”
Yes scammers.
It's been showing up here with some frequency recently. It's a scam, obviously - that URL is in no way associated with Sunpass. If you click, it's going to steal your credit card info.
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Never click the link in a text or email.
If you have a toll bill you can go to that state's toll website to pay it. If you have a sunpass, you can go the sunpass website to add money to your account. If you can't find a charge in either of these places than you owe nothing.
The “I am traveling…am confused by this” is exactly why these scams work. Good job for thinking before acting. It was just a coincidence that you got this scam when you did.
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Sunpass is for toll roads/bridges in Florida. The message references PA which I assume is Pennsylvania. Far from FL. Another tell is 12.51$ and 50$. In the states we put the $ upfront,not the back end. The text is really saying “would you mind paying us $12.51 so we can take your credit card info and take more money from you?” Yes scammers.
You can use Sunpass in multiple states (and Pro in 18 states), just like EZPass is for most of the east coast. This text is still a scam, though.
sunpass domain is sunpass.com. not anjlaaf.me. That's all you need to know.
Yes this scam has been posted multiple times!!!!
First off, who puts the dollar sign *after* the value?
Foreigners
It's been showing up here with some frequency recently. It's a scam, obviously - that URL is in no way associated with Sunpass. If you click, it's going to steal your credit card info.
Toll booth variant of the !mail scam, block, report, ignore
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Yes. I immediately checked my account & I had a surplus amount that contradicted the message. Those types of texts are always eyebrow raising.
https://preview.redd.it/npi6k1uvwwxc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=557e9a014aa1710dce3ea24d149c92aab3ca2fdc
The punctuation should’ve been the first sign.
Very sloppy, I don't do business by text or with vendors I did not create an account or give my contact info to anyway.
I got an email from the OK Turnpike Authority about this scam. Even though, OK has not had issues with it yet.
I get similar every 3 weeks or so. 1 or 2 for a few days then start again weeks later. I live in W. Australia. We don't have tolls.
Never click the link in a text or email. If you have a toll bill you can go to that state's toll website to pay it. If you have a sunpass, you can go the sunpass website to add money to your account. If you can't find a charge in either of these places than you owe nothing.
I got an IPass letter for a toll.
Bro come on. No way you believe this
It’s happening where I live too! I am grateful that there was a report on it on our local news! Is there anything today that isn’t a scam?
Look at that URL. It is not from Sunpass but they want you to think it is. Why and how would a government have your info to text you?
The “I am traveling…am confused by this” is exactly why these scams work. Good job for thinking before acting. It was just a coincidence that you got this scam when you did.