{“lastseen”:”2025-09-11T17:03:11″,”description”:”Scammers are sending out texts that claim to be from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), saying that you have outstanding traffic tickets.\\n\\nHere’s an example, which was sent to one of our employees.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u003e \u201cOhio (BMV) Final Notice: Enforcement Begins September 10nd.\\n\\u003e \\n\\u003e Our records indicate that as of today, you still have an outstanding traffic ticket. Pursuant to Ohio Administrative Code 15C-16.003, if you fail to pay by September 9, 20025, we will take the following actions:\\n\\u003e \\n\\u003e 1\\\\. Report to the BMV violation database\\n\\u003e \\n\\u003e 2\\\\. Suspend your vehicle registration effective September 9st\\n\\u003e \\n\\u003e 3\\\\. Suspend your driving privileges for 30 days\\n\\u003e \\n\\u003e 4\\\\. Pay a 35% service fee at toll booths\\n\\u003e \\n\\u003e 5\\\\. You may be prosecuted, and your credit score will be affected.\\n\\u003e \\n\\u003e Pay Now:\\n\\u003e \\n\\u003e `link`\\n\\u003e \\n\\u003e Please pay immediately before enforcement begins to avoid license suspension and further legal trouble. (Reply Y and reopen this message, or copy it to your browser.)\\n\\nThe Ohio Department of Public Safety actually warned about this scam a few months ago, and the Bowling Green (OH) Police Division repeated that warning on Facebook this week.\\n\\nThe people in Ohio are not alone. We found similar warnings issued by the Indiana DMV, Colorado DMV, West-Virginia DMV, Hawaii County, Arizona Department of Transportation, and the New Hampshire DMV.\\n\\nIf you click the link in the message, you’ll be taken to a website that mimics that of the department in question. The site contains a form to fill out your personal details and payment information, which can then be used for financial fraud or even identity theft.\\n\\nThe scam messages all look the same except for the domains which are rotated very fast, as is habitual in scams. Because they are all from the same campaign, it\u2019s easy to recognize them though.\\n\\n## Red flags in the scam text:\\n\\nThere are some tell-tale signs in these scams which you can look for to recognize them as such;\\n\\n 1. **Spelling and grammar mistakes** : the scammers seem to have problems with formatting dates. For example \u201cSeptember 10nd\u201d, \u201c9st\u201d (instead of 9th or 1st).\\n 2. **Urgency:** you only have one or two days to pay. Or else\u2026..\\n 3. **The over-the-top threats:** Real agencies won\u2019t say your \u201ccredit score will be affected\u201d for an unpaid traffic violation.\\n 4. **Made-up legal codes:** \u201cOhio Administrative Code 15C-16.003\u201d doesn\u2019t match any real Ohio BMV administrative codes. When a code looks fake, it probably is!\\n 5. **Sketchy payment link:** Real BMVs don\u2019t send urgent \u201cpay now or else\u201d links by text. If you pay through the link, your wallet\u2014or worse, your identity\u2014is the real victim here.\\n 6. **Vague or missing personalization:** Genuine government agencies tend to use your legal name, not a generic scare message sent to many people at the same time.\\n\\n\\n\\n## How to stay safe\\n\\nRecognizing scams is the most important part of protecting yourself, so always consider these golden rules:\\n\\n * Always search phone numbers and email addresses to look for associations with known scams.\\n * When in doubt, go directly to the website of the organization that contacted you to see if there are any messages for you.\\n * Do not get rushed into decisions without thinking them through.\\n * Do not click on links in unsolicited text messages.\\n * Do not reply, even if the text message explicitly tells you to do so.\\n\\n\\n\\nIf you have engaged with the scammers\u2019 website:\\n\\n * Immediately change your passwords for any accounts that may have been compromised. \\n * Contact your bank or financial institution to report the incident and take any necessary steps to protect your accounts, such as freezing them or monitoring for suspicious activity. \\n * Consider a fraud alert or credit freeze. To start layering protection, you might want to place a fraud alert or credit freeze on your credit file with all three of the primary credit bureaus. This makes it harder for fraudsters to open new accounts in your name.\\n * US citizens can report confirmed cases of identity theft to the FTC at identitytheft.gov.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)\\n\\nWe found the following domains involved in these scams, but there are probably many, many more. Hopefully it will give you an idea of what type of links the scammers are using:\\n\\nhttps:\/\/ohio.dtetazt[.]shop\/bmv?cdr=Bue4ZZ \\nhttps:\/\/askasas[.]top\/portal \\nhttps:\/\/dmv.colorado-govw[.]icu\/us \\n\\n\\n* * *\\n\\n**We don ‘t just report on threats – we help safeguard your entire digital identity**\\n\\nCybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. 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