Penalty Notice

The message claims the recipient owes a fine, penalty, or toll, for example for parking, traffic, customs, or taxes. Attackers use claimed fines to get people to pay quickly or enter card details.

Also known as
Aliases
  • fake traffic fine
  • toll smishing
  • fake parking fine
  • fake speeding fine
  • unpaid toll scam
  • parking ticket scam
Named examples
  • E-ZPass scam

Connected in PH!SH