Leaders in Escambia County are alerting residents to a scam regarding tolls. They say they are getting reports of fake texts ...

Florida transportation officials are launching a new campaign to warn drivers about a growing scam targeting their phones.

In addition to shutting down the sites, a consumer protection resource, Scams at a Glance: SunPass Safety, is being released.

Hundreds of fraudulent sites sending fake SunPass texts asking for money or logins have been shut down, according to the ...

Fraudulent websites that targeted SunPass users with fake toll notices and phishing schemes have been shut down, state officials announced Monday. The Florida Attorney General’s Office of ...

Florida residents also received text messages notifying them about an outstanding charge on their SunPass toll road payments. Tapping the link in the message brought people to legitimate-looking ...

EVERYONE’S BEEN GETTING THEM AND THE LATEST ONE TO RESURFACE IS THE SUNPASS SCAM ... THE TEXT WILL SAY TO QUOTE, PLEASE PAY YOUR TOLL IN FLORIDA BY A CERTAIN DATE TO AVOID EXCESSIVE LATE ...

She then read the email to me and started saying that since I had a toll by ... the tolls for Florida’s turnpike to be theft. The tolls are absurdly expensive, even with a Sunpass.

SunPass users have reported receiving fake toll notices through text messages and/or emails aimed at stealing personal and financial information.

“SunPass wants to remind customers to be careful of text messages or other communications that demand immediate payment for unpaid toll balances,” a SunPass statement said. “These messages ...

but Florida, which has more toll roads of any state in the country, is particularly susceptible. SunPass may contact customers by text but it will never ask for money, the company said.