County, Sheriff’s Office Again Warning About Those Toll Scam Text Messages

February 23, 2025

The county and sheriff’s office are once again warning residents about fraudulent toll messages.

Escambia County and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office have received reports of fraudulent text messages targeting the public from persons claiming to represent SunPass.The messages are requesting prompt payment to avoid fees and contain a link to a fraudulent website in an attempt to collect information.

Escambia County or Sunpass does not send text messages to SunPass or Pensacola Beach Annual Pass holders seeking information or action regarding their account balances or fees owed.

SunPass does not ask customers via text to make a payment or to take immediate action on their account. Messages from SunPass will come from the following email address or text number:

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3 Responses to “County, Sheriff’s Office Again Warning About Those Toll Scam Text Messages”

  1. Bewildered on February 24th, 2025 10:30 am

    We have come a long way! LOL – You no longer feel safe answering your door or a telephone call. Yet, despite all the secrecy and hiding out we adhere to, scammers are always one step ahead and use it to their advantage! Wow! technology advancement!!!

  2. Jan on February 23rd, 2025 9:21 am

    These “toll” scammers are relentless. I sometimes get two or three a day. The other thing is the “invoice” from someone who claims your purchase is finalized (sometimes with an outrageous amount stated in the email). Check the real email of the sender…usually not the same and certainly not from the supposed business. Don’t open the PDF. Delete and report (although that doesn’t seem to stop it). Now, if only “unsubscribe” would work with the political emails!!!

  3. Sam on February 23rd, 2025 7:50 am

    My wife and I get these bogus e-mails on average of twice a month. We just report them as junk then delete them

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