The Illinois Tollway has been warning people not to fall for text messages saying they owe money.
The big picture: The text messages, known as smishing, or Short Message Service (SMS) phishing, are happening across the country . The sender disguises themselves as the state tollway operator claiming the recipient has an unpaid toll.
Flashback: These are not new. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office issued a warning about the scam last March, and the Federal Trade Commission issued an alert in January …