Suddenly I'm getting text messages from a Florida Department demanding

[Baitball Blogger]

money for a late traffic ticket or else I could get a suspended license. I asked around and everyone I know seems to be plagued by them. Do you think this is the result of DOGE's access to private information? Or some other hack?

[Ocelot II]

1. These kinds of scams have been around forever. All they need is an email address.

DOGE wouldn't be so obvious.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. They have new meaning these days when we all need our driver's license to ward off over-zealous Trump cops.

[John1956PA]

2. I got such a scam text on Feb. 26. I think they began popping up in the pre-DOGE era.

[emulatorloo]

3. Sounds like a scam. Are you sure it is actually from a real Florida Department?

I get fake texts all the time from alleged ‘official’ departments. For example, a recent one from a toll road company for several 100s of dollars I owed in New York State (where I’ve never driven in my life).

When I examined the text, it was sent from someone’s yahoo mail account

[multigraincracker]

4. I get at least 3 scam phone calls a day.

They want to sell me free knee braces. I tell them both of my legs were amputated. They slam the phone on me. Or, I call them a MFer in Hindi.

[ananda]

5. It's a scam. The ones I get are for toll fees...

and I never use toll roads.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. I don't use toll roads in the Philippines.

Most of the toll texts I get seem to come from there.

[ZDU]

7. Scam, total scam

Been happening with me for at least two, maybe three years. Mark as junk. eom

[MLAA]

8. The number of scams I get a day has more than doubled recently.

[Easterncedar]

9. I have been hit by both tolls and tickets scam attempts recently

If only the federal government had some kind of law enforcement program aimed at stopping this…

[Hugin]

11. Personally, I attribute it to the shuttering of agencies like the CFPB.

Whatever is causing the surge, I’m sure it’s all Trump and the Republicans fault.

[William769]

12. Trust me this started way before DOGE

I live in Florida & have been plagued by this for years.

[róisín_dubh]

13. Same, but from West Virginia...

They all come from a number with a +63 country code. I haven't been in WV since January, so I know it's a scam and I definitely didn't get a ticket whilst I was there. My car has been parked not in WV for months.

[Dorian Gray]

14. It's a scam

I've been getting them for the last. year or so. Ignore. Block number from phone.

[Emile]

15. With a scammer pretending to be our president, I look

for more of these scams over the next 3 1/2 years.

[Conjuay]

16. There were electric billboards

On the Fl toll roads warning not to respond. Predates eloons' ripoff

[Renew Deal]

17. No, it's a Chinese scam

And they customize messages based on your zip code.

[allegorical oracle]

18. You could call your DMV office and double check. nt

[Renew Deal]

21. No need. They aren't going to text

[mcar]

19. Ongoing scam

I get them at least once a week. A friend, who moved to FL from OR 10 years ago, just got one from the "Oregon Dept of Transportation."

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

20. I got one of those also

The return phone number was really bizarre +63...... This was the first one for a traffic ticket the others were for toll violations. Classic scam.

[Tommy Carcetti]

22. It's a common scam.

I’ve been getting them. Everyone’s been getting them.

Delete and mark as spam. Don’t answer them.