Public urged to be vigilant of motorway toll text message scam

An example of a recent 'smishing' text, where scammers pretend to be a motorway operator

The public have been warned about yet another text messaging scam doing the rounds in Ireland.

In this latest 'smishing' scam, fraudsters pretend to be motorway operators, namely M50 operator eFlow, and text their target urging payment for an outstanding charge, or to update their account details.