April 12, 2024 By Sergiu Gatlan
On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned of a massive ongoing wave of SMS phishing attacks targeting Americans with lures regarding unpaid road toll fees.
These attacks started last month, and the federal law enforcement agency says thousands of people have already reported that the scammers have targeted them.
"Since early-March 2024, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has received over 2,000 complaints reporting smishing texts representing road toll collection service from at least three states," the FBI explained in a public service announcement published today.
While the mobile phishing campaign has yet to reach some U.S. regions, this can be explained by the fact that complaint information collected so far by IC3 indicates the scam may be moving from state to state.
