A scam via mobile phones is sweeping the Central Coast and elsewhere, where people are being told they owe money for using Bay Area toll roads.
Scammers typically pose as toll collectors and send phone text messages stating the recipient owes money, with warnings of late fees, and include a link to a fake website. The legitimate web address should be bayareafastrak.org.
It first came up in a social engineering attack in the Bay Area in 2023, but continues to emerge.
Its prevalence prompted the FBI to issue a scam alert.
In addition, FasTrak—which operates more than 870 lane miles of interoperable tolled bridges, express lanes and roads in the Bay Area—says that drivers should disregard phishing texts being sent to their phones that show a specific outstanding toll amount.
Anyone who receives a phishing text can file a complaint at ic3.gov.
