The Thruway Authority warns that E-ZPass or Tolls by Mail would never send texts requesting sensitive personal information such as credit card, birthday, Social Security number, or other personally identifiable information. Scam messages being sent to New York drivers have been asking them to pay an unpaid toll bill through an unverified link.

The agency has advised the public to be cautious when receiving seemingly official texts requesting personal information.

While people are complaining about the FasTrak scam, it's a good rule of thumb to do this with any text message you receive asking for money.

These text messages claim that the recipient has unpaid tolls that need to be paid quickly to avoid the fine. These texts have a warning about the alleged bill, which sometimes includes a dollar amount owed,

The Federal Trade Commission issued a consumer alert about scam texts telling people they owe money for unpaid tolls. The scammers will pretend to be a tolling agency and demand money from their victims.