Louisiana’s statewide toll system GeauxPass is warning residents about a recent smishing scam. Scammers are sending fraudulent text messages that impersonate tolling agencies, falsely claiming that toll payments are overdue.

Scammers pretending to be a tolling agency are demanding money for fake toll charges via text messages, according to officials with GeauxPass, Louisiana's statewide tolling system. GeauxPass officials said in a press release Tuesday that a web address in ...

According to GeauxPass, the scam involves text messages that claim to be from a tolling agency stating that a toll payment is due with a link to a website that asks victims to provide personal and financial information to pay the balance.

Scammers are using text messages to falsely represent a tolling agency and make false claims that a toll payment is due.

The messages direct drivers to an unaffiliated website, where they are asked to provide personal and financial information to settle alleged balances.