Why the FastTrak toll road text scam is out of control and Apple, Android can’t do anything to stop

ronjor · Mar 13, 2025

Kevin Williams Mar 13 2025

Researchers have identified 60,000 domains associated with the FastTrak toll road text scam that has targeted countless iPhones and Android phones.
Apple and Android phone makers like Samsung are largely powerless to stop the messages, which have increased in the past three months by 900%, and which cybersecurity experts say is most likely the work of Chinese criminal gangs.
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The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission is among agencies that have released a public service ad warning of the fraudulent texts.
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ronjor · Mar 16, 2025

Text scams warning of unpaid road tolls fueled by cybercriminal salesmen on Telegram

By Kevin Collier March 14, 2025
An onslaught of unsolicited texts to Americans’ phones in recent months claiming they owe unpaid tolls and E-ZPass bills is more than an annoyance. It’s the end result of an elaborate online syndicate of Chinese-speaking scammers selling ready-made cybercrime kits on Telegram for stealing credit cards and personal information, experts tell NBC News.
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Thankful · May 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Google has a solution for those ‘unpaid toll’ text scams

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/tech/unpaid-toll-scam-text-message-detection-google-android

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Why the FastTrak toll road text scam is out of control and Apple, Android can’t do anything to stop

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