For the second year in a row, drivers who use toll roads in the Washington, D.C., metro area are the target of email scammers trying to get their credit card information, NBC’s Washington affiliate, NBC 4, reported.
The phony emails target the estimated 2.1 million vehicles in Maryland and Virginia with E-ZPass transponders, used to pay toll road fares electronically, regional drivers’ association AAA Mid-Atlantic said Monday. The emails warn drivers they are “indebted for driving on toll roads,” with a link to a phony website that requests users to enter personal and financial data.
But clicking on the link could inadvertently infect your computer or phone with malicious software known as malware and grant criminals access to your personal information, AAA told NBC 4.
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