Stop text scammers now
A lot of us have seen that text on your phone that says you didn t pay a toll or a ticket and you are about to be in big trouble Who are these scammers and how can you stop them It s why one South Florida woman called Help me Howard with Patrick Fraser The email to us came from Victor Estefan but it wasn t from Victor Estefan Sujey Estefan We have it like that because we honor him every day Victor Estefan a Miami Police officer murdered by two men at a traffic stop in Sujey Estefan I go to the cemetery I go the mausoleum I clean it I talk to him Sujey is his daughter-in-law and when you hear fallen but not forgotten they are not just words in the law enforcement group Sujey Estefan And I go to these memorials and we have to share our stories So he would consistently be remembered It s Sujey s promotion of the police that got her so irritated with the texts she keeps getting Sujey Estefan You re wondering Is this true Is this false What s going on ' It seems everyone with an iPhone is getting hit with these texts Sujey Estefan You still have an outstanding traffic ticket ' They claim to be from the Department of Motor Vehicles or SunPass Person reading text You have an unpaid toll bill ' Person reading text If you do not complete payment we will suspend your carriage registration ' Person reading text You may be prosecuted ' Sujey wasn t fooled Sujey Estefan I knew that it was a fake thing saying that we had to pay tolls and I m like I don t even drive through the toll ' The texts tell you to Hit Y or go to the website they provide to pay your bill Once you give them your credit card number you are scammed Sujey Estefan Don t try to click on it because they ll steal your information You can spot the scammers texts because various are sent from area codes like in the Philippines from the United Kingdom Look at this one Msprvs Easy to see they re not from Florida But countless of us know people getting fooled Sujey Estefan And he s like We have to pay the toll I m like What toll We don t go through the tolls relax ' Sujey knows the hackers do it to make money What she doesn t know is who s doing it Sujey Estefan Help Me Howard can do an inquiry and find out who s behind texting Your turn Howard Howard Finkelstein Because these crooks are so sophisticated it s almost impossible for law enforcement to track them down and majority of them bounce from server to server in different countries so even if you tracked them down you couldn t arrest them or get any money back We contacted the Florida Turnpike which runs SunPass A spokesperson reported they ve shut down websites the scammers have created this year to lure in Floridians They have also put up billboards to warn people about the scam and even a message when you call SunPass Operator SunPass does not ask customers via text to make a payment or to take immediate action on their account Apparently the warnings from SunPass are working because the scammers are shifting from claiming you have unpaid tolls with SunPass to unpaid tickets from the Department of Motor Vehicles They are also now impersonating the Postal System and sending out texts like this one from Toronto to me that says Are you free to have afternoon tea with me in current times Sujey Estefan And he sacrificed his life being an officer And Sujey from a law enforcement family wants it all to stop Sujey Estefan And that s why we re here to warn people that these text messages are false And we cannot find a single person in Florida who has been arrested for these scams The only way to stop them is to hit delete With no money coming in they ll have to try something else or consider getting a real job Challenge taking a toll on you Ready to shake up the scammers Send it to us cause our price is right We don t charge anything With this Help Me Howard I m Patrick Fraser News CONTACT HELP ME HOWARD Email helpmehoward wsvn comReporter Patrick Fraser at pfraser wsvn comMiami-Dade - -WSVNBroward - -WSVN
