In search of tasty tourists

[vraiblonde]

https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/massive-great-white-shark-pings-off-florida-coast/

“Dold” measures up at over 11 feet and weighs 761 pounds, according to OCEARCH, a site that charts sharks as they move up and down the east coast of the U.S.

 

[PJay]

 

[Hijinx]

Being as this is a tourist post let mje say I just got back from a drive to Florida, Iherad a text message on my phone and opened it to a message saying i used my ez pass , but it didn't work and it tolrme where to send the money for it.

just a warning. EZ pass does not send text messages I checked. It's just another scam.
By the way all of the Interstates are worn out. The Asphalt is worn out.

 

[RoseRed]

Being as this is a tourist post let mje say I just got back from a drive to Florida, Iherad a text message on my phone and opened it to a message saying i used my ez pass , but it didn't work and it tolrme where to send the money for it.

just a warning. EZ pass does not send text messages I checked. It's just another scam.
By the way all of the Interstates are worn out. The Asphalt is worn out.

Scam has been going on for a few months now.

 

[BOP]

Being as this is a tourist post let mje say I just got back from a drive to Florida, Iherad a text message on my phone and opened it to a message saying i used my ez pass , but it didn't work and it tolrme where to send the money for it.

just a warning. EZ pass does not send text messages I checked. It's just another scam.
By the way all of the Interstates are worn out. The Asphalt is worn out.

It's all the drug runners tearing up the highways, running from the po-po.

 

[Kyle]

It's all the drug runners tearing up the highways, running from the po-po.

Now that makes me think of all the cocaine smuggler with their homemade submarines dumping their cargo when the Coast Guard appears.

Cocaine Shark anybody?

 

[herb749]

Scam has been going on for a few months now.

Longer. I get them and maybe use a bridge or tunnel once a year.

 

[RoseRed]

Longer. I get them and maybe use a bridge or tunnel once a year.

I received my first one via email back in November, right after I had paid my real bill. I've also received a text one for Massachusetts. I haven't been there in several years. Not today Satan!

 

[Hijinx]

I received my first one via email back in November, right after I had paid my real bill. I've also received a text one for Massachusetts. I haven't been there in several years. Not today Satan!

As stated here by others, these seem to appear after going somewhere and having used the EZ pass.
I am no investigator, but doesn't that lead one to believe that either it is someone affiliated with EZ pass or someone that has hacked their site/
Why hasn't something been done about it.

 

[RoseRed]

As stated here by others, these seem to appear after going somewhere and having used the EZ pass.
I am no investigator, but doesn't that lead one to believe that either it is someone affiliated with EZ pass or someone that has hacked their site/
Why hasn't something been done about it.

The real website has(d) a huge banner at the top of the saying they were fake phishing texts/emails. My guess is the bad guys got phone numbers and email addresses. My number has been used in scams before. I just tell the caller they have a wrong number. I've had it for 30+ years and won't change it now.

 

[Sneakers]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone has a scanner/reader and sits on the side of the road near a toll. Doesn't even have to be a toll transponder, just have to get your license plate, assumption being you have an EasyPass, then send out a bogus email/text.

 

[RoseRed]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone has a scanner/reader and sits on the side of the road near a toll. Doesn't even have to be a toll transponder, just have to get your license plate, assumption being you have an EasyPass, then send out a bogus email/text.

I dunno. I have a transponder.

 

[SamSpade]

I got an actual phone call asking me about my bill - from Massachusetts.

I haven't set foot in Massachusetts in 35 years.

 

[herb749]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone has a scanner/reader and sits on the side of the road near a toll. Doesn't even have to be a toll transponder, just have to get your license plate, assumption being you have an EasyPass, then send out a bogus email/text.

I have pay by the plate. Its a dollar more than EZ Pass.