Ohio Turnpike encourages awareness of scam toll payment texts

If you receive a text message asking you to deal with unpaid Ohio Turnpike toll charges, it’s not an official communication.

The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission is encouraging awareness of “a resurgence in fraudulent texts from scammers requesting payment for unpaid tolls through fake websites.”

They stress that they will not request payments via text and that collections will also not utilize this method of communication. They also specify that the only relevant websites for Ohio Turnpike E-ZPass accounts are: ezpassoh.com and ohioturnpike.org.

They encourage those who receive these sort of messages delete them and avoid clicking links. If you did/do click the link, they recommend contacting your bank to secure accounts.

They also recommend reaching out to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, where you can give them information on the attempted scam.

“We encourage all customers to stay alert to these text scams,” the Turnpike said in a news release.