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East bay residents are raising concerns over a new phishing scam involving fake fastrak payment requests.

The scam begins with a text message claiming the recipient owes money for a fastrak toll and must pay immediately to avoid late fees or legal action.

The texts in question claim consumers owe fastrak express lane or toll charges, link to a website and ask for online payment.

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The scam involves users getting a text saying they owe a specific amount of toll money.

Bay area residents, including several in the kron4 newsroom, received texts claiming they owed money to.

What is the bay area fastrak text scam?

The bay area fastrak text scam is a fraud where people get texts claiming they owe money for tolls.

Scammers pretend to be fastrak, the real toll system in california.

They say you used a toll road or lane and need to pay now.

The text has a link to a fake website.

They are bombarding bay area cellphones with a blast of bogus text messages about fastrak again.

The scam message says you owe fastrak money because you recently used a toll lane.

Road toll scams that besieged the bay area and and other parts of the country last year have ramped up again, with insistent text messages that demand payment and sometimes threaten.