Philly Resident Spots Fake Dallas Traffic Ticket

A reddit report about a other scam that cost someone $545.0. Learn how to avoid falling victim.

I just got a text with just this picture. It's obviously fake—for one, I don't even have a driver's license or a car, and I live in Philly. Plus it has no identifying information: no name, no car info. Just something they can easily copy and paste to everyone. I've never seen a scam like this before, so I wanted to see what everyone thought about it. I kinda want to mess with them a bit. Description of photo: It looks like it was made in Canva or something similar. It says 'State of Texas' in big letters at the top, then 'In the municipal court of the city of Dallas, Texas Traffic division.' It then says I owe $545 to the Texas transportation code and $706 to related authority for parking violations and toll violations. It has a judge's name and court address. It says I have to either pay immediately or appear in court on the 6th. It says it's the final warning, and threatens more fines and suspension of license. Then it has a QR code at the bottom to scan to pay them.

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