More and more people are getting scam text messages claiming that they have an unpaid toll road charge. Rodney Mallett with DOTD says that’s something that the department simply does not do.
“The Department of Transportation and GeauxPass, the folks who actually run our tolls, will never send text messages asking for fines,” Mallett said.
Mallett says the scammers are getting more and more sophisticated in how they trick unsuspecting people into following a link and paying what seems to be a small amount of money.
“They have incorrect websites such as geauxpass.la.com, geauxpass.net. Ours is geauxpass.com,” Mallett said.
Also, watch out for subtle misspellings, such as dropping the “x” in “geaux.” Mallett says there’s only one way in which DOTD will ever contact you over an unpaid toll charge.
“If we were going to notify you of a toll violation, it’s going to be through the regular mail system,
and it’s going to have a picture of your license plate,” Mallett explained.
Bottom line – if it seems suspicious, ignore it.
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