Officials warn about turnpike scam

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BEREA — The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission is reminding toll customers everywhere to be aware of a resurgence in fraudulent texts from scammers requesting payment for unpaid tolls through fraudulent websites.

The Ohio Turnpike does no5 request its E-ZPass customers to make payments by text. Collections of unpaid tolls and/or toll violations do not occur by text either. The only website links associated with the Ohio Turnpike’s E-ZPass accounts are ezpassoh.com and ohioturnpike.org.

Turnpike officials encourage all customers to stay alert to these “smishing” and “phishing” scams by text and email, respectively.