How To Spot Text Scams Affecting Great Falls Residents

• Scam texts are another way for people to steal your money and identity
• This kind of attack is called Smishing
• You may have received the Toll Booth Smishing texts earlier this year

Scammers Even Work Weekends In Montana

A snake in the grass' work is never done. Not even on the weekend.

It happened again on Saturday, my phone dings, and this was my text message:

We'll Go Through The Red Flags In This Scam Text One By One

There are so many things wrong with this, we may as well start from the top.

• "Final Law Enforcement Warning" Where were the other warnings?
• "Montana Vehicle Management Act D508-12.083" There is no such thing as a Montana Vehicle Management Act. However, adding the numbers at the end, nice scammy touch
• "Driving qualifications will be revoked for 30 days" Is that scammer speak for suspended license? Usually a suspension comes with some sort of a notice that isn't a text
• "A 35% law enforcement fee will be charged" What? What?
• "There may be legal and credit consequences." Ok scam guy. So super scary
• "https://mt.dmv-rtr.cc/us" Seriously? Seriously? I expect more out of my scammers now. This website is incredibly easy to spot as a scam. Come on, guy. Put some thought into it

I expect most of us know about this type of thing and are aware, by now. I like to pass these along when they're coming to our area so we're all hyper aware. That way Great Falls and Central Montana aren't such appealing targets.