Residents were being warned Friday about an ongoing text-message scam falsely claiming recipients owe toll road fees or traffic fines and purporting to be from the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
“Spam texts claiming toll and traffic violations requesting payment are not from the Court,” officials said in a statement.
The court “continues to receive reports of spam texts, often including a link or QR code for payment, that have been sent to the public informing them that they have a traffic ticket or toll violation that they must pay ….,” according to the statement. “The public is advised that these texts do not come from the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.”…