The Brief
- The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is warning about a scam falsely claiming unpaid parking tickets or toll violations.
- The messages urge people to click links, scan QR codes, or pay fines before a supposed hearing, which officials say is fraudulent.
- Residents are advised not to engage and to report the scam to Sheriff’s Police Investigations or local non-emergency police.
COOK COUNTY – Cook County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a scam that claims they didn’t pay a parking ticket or an electronic toll.
The office is reminding residents not to click on any links, scan any QR codes, or send any money to a scam that is going around.
The scam claims “the operator of registered owner of a motor vehicle committed a violation related to parking regulations and/or failed to pay an assessed electronic toll in accordance with applicable Illinois law and municipal traffic enforcement regulations.”…