LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – After receiving a number of calls from the general public concerning an ongoing driving price rip-off, the Nevada Departments of Transportation and Motor Automobiles are asking residents not to answer the textual content.
A number of variations of the rip-off have been seen throughout the nation all year long.
The latest textual content rip-off falsely claims to be from the DMV and that the recipient has an excellent site visitors ticket. The textual content then asks that the recipients click on by way of to an internet site to pay and references toll sales space charges.
NDOT and the DMV need to remind residents that Nevada doesn’t have tolls on public roads, and any claims of toll street charges within the state of Nevada are illegitimate. Another indicators throughout the rip-off messages embrace a reference to State Administrative Code 15C-16.003, which doesn’t exist.
NDOT doesn’t difficulty site visitors or parking citations. The Nevada DMV can even by no means contact youabout penalties through textual content message. They may solely contact you through mail or e mail.
For those who obtain a textual content, don’t click on on the hyperlink and delete the message. Utilizing the cellphone’s “report junk” function is an extra possibility.,
The Federal Commerce Fee presents on-line assets to acknowledge and report textual content and otherscams
