KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Turnpike Authority was alerted of a text message scam on Tuesday, called smishing, that is using the name of DriveKS, the new Kansas payment toll system.
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The text message includes a photo with the DriveKS logo and states that outstanding balances need to be paid to avoid additional fees.
These are the things for customers to be aware of:
- Do not click links or use the URL provided in unsolicited text messages.
- KTA does not send unsolicited text messages. All text messages require customer sign-up through their DriveKS account or for roadway incident alerts.
- KTA does not charge fees such as those mentioned in the text messages.
- KTA does not send text messages for toll payment.
The targeted phone numbers appear to be chosen at random and are not uniquely associated with a toll account or use of toll roads. Other smishing scams have been reported by toll agencies across the country since early April causing the FBI to issue a public service announcement about the fraudulent SMS texting campaign.