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White64Goat · 07-22-2014, 08:55 PM

It appears that the EZ Pass System may be the latest business to be targeted by scammers. Received an e-mail that looks very official

E-ZPass

Service Center

Dear customer,

You have not paid for driving on a toll road. This invoice is sent repeatedly,
please service your debt in the shortest possible time.

It has a link to click (which I didn't) so be aware if you receive this e-mail. I have contacted Md. EZ Pass to report this and will update when I get a response which may be 5 business days. (Great service huh?)

sklimo · 07-23-2014, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by White64Goat

It appears that the EZ Pass System may be the latest business to be targeted by scammers. Received an e-mail that looks very official

E-ZPass

Service Center

Dear customer,

You have not paid for driving on a toll road. This invoice is sent repeatedly,
please service your debt in the shortest possible time.

It has a link to click (which I didn't) so be aware if you receive this e-mail. I have contacted Md. EZ Pass to report this and will update when I get a response which may be 5 business days. (Great service huh?)

Let us know for sure. Thx

m.box.design · 07-23-2014, 01:00 PM

scammers are usually foreigners who have a poor command of common everyday english. their verbiage is usually the result of google translate or something.

King Tut · 07-23-2014, 02:55 PM

Looks good.

White64Goat · 07-23-2014, 02:56 PM

I sent a reply back to the e-mail asking for date, time, year, make and model of car and the road that I was on when the infraction occurred. Of course, it bounced as undeliverable/failure. It also gave the address and IP address of where it went out to so I can forward that to the EZ Pass folks when they reply. So I'd say it was a scam.

EquiFox · 07-23-2014, 02:59 PM

I doubt that you got the good IP address if the email failed to reach its destination.

White64Goat · 07-23-2014, 03:01 PM

I tried to go to the website and got this:

This Connection is Untrusted

You have asked Firefox to connect securely to www.xxxxxxxxxxx.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.

Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.
What Should I Do?

If you usually connect to this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't continue.

King Tut · 07-23-2014, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by White64Goat

I tried to go to the website and got this:

This Connection is Untrusted

You have asked Firefox to connect securely to www.xxxxxxxxxxx.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.

Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.
What Should I Do?

If you usually connect to this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't continue.

I can only imagine the kind of porn I would find at www.xxxxxxxxxxx.com

J_kennington · 07-25-2014, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Tut

I can only imagine the kind of porn I would find at www.xxxxxxxxxxx.com

Super sayain level porn lol

White64Goat · 08-04-2014, 05:49 PM

UPDATE: It's a phishing scam as suspected. I had to call the EZ Pass people because they never responded to my e-mail. Lady said they are aware of it and are trying to put a stop to it. It has been on the news, radio etc. They don't have a fraud site to forward anything to them and said to just delete it. So there you go.

Got another phishing e-mail today from some law firm. Geez, these people never stop.

07-22-2014, 08:55 PM	#1
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m.box.design Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: 2013 Whiteout FRS Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 3,081 Thanks: 331 Thanked 1,662 Times in 933 Posts Mentioned: 107 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	scammers are usually foreigners who have a poor command of common everyday english. their verbiage is usually the result of google translate or something.

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White64Goat Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ CBS LTD MT, 02 WRX Location: Fred. Co. Md. Posts: 2,347 Thanks: 65 Thanked 1,111 Times in 627 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I sent a reply back to the e-mail asking for date, time, year, make and model of car and the road that I was on when the infraction occurred. Of course, it bounced as undeliverable/failure. It also gave the address and IP address of where it went out to so I can forward that to the EZ Pass folks when they reply. So I'd say it was a scam.

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EquiFox Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2014 FRS Firestorm Location: Canada Posts: 57 Thanks: 4 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I doubt that you got the good IP address if the email failed to reach its destination.

07-23-2014, 03:01 PM	#7
White64Goat Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ CBS LTD MT, 02 WRX Location: Fred. Co. Md. Posts: 2,347 Thanks: 65 Thanked 1,111 Times in 627 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I tried to go to the website and got this: This Connection is Untrusted You have asked Firefox to connect securely to www.xxxxxxxxxxx.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure. Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified. What Should I Do? If you usually connect to this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't continue.

08-04-2014, 05:49 PM	#10
White64Goat Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ CBS LTD MT, 02 WRX Location: Fred. Co. Md. Posts: 2,347 Thanks: 65 Thanked 1,111 Times in 627 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	UPDATE: It's a phishing scam as suspected. I had to call the EZ Pass people because they never responded to my e-mail. Lady said they are aware of it and are trying to put a stop to it. It has been on the news, radio etc. They don't have a fraud site to forward anything to them and said to just delete it. So there you go. Got another phishing e-mail today from some law firm. Geez, these people never stop.

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