Final Notice: Unpaid Traffic Ticket!

Protect yourself

Don't open payment links or scan QR codes. Verify directly with your DMV or court.

How it works

An official-looking DMV or court text threatens license suspension, added fines, or prosecution unless you pay immediately.

Licensing agencies and courts notify you by mail and never by text with a payment link. The message often cites a made-up statute number to sound official.

Red flags

A citation number with no date, location or officer
A "final notice" when you never got a first one
A payment link or QR code instead of instructions to visit the agency site

If it already happened

If you already tapped the link and entered card or login details: call your bank from the number on your card, and change the password anywhere you used it. If you replied, expect more messages; block the number and delete the thread. Forward scam texts to 7726 (SPAM) so your carrier can act on them.

Where OpenEFA fits

Texts never pass through a mail gateway. Treat every unexpected payment link on your phone the way you'd treat one in email: open the official app instead.

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At a glance

Type: Text Message Scam
Channel: Text Message Scams (Smishing)
They want: Your card number or your login
One rule: DMVs and courts don't send payment links by text.

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