A growing number of Americans are being targeted by scammers who send text messages seeking money for unpaid toll road fees. "You have an unpaid toll bill on your account. To avoid late fees, pay within 12 hours or the late fees will be increased and reported to the DMV,

But, thankfully, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning cell phone users that a text message like this is likely a scam. While unpaid toll fee text scams have been around for a while, more and more people on social media lately have been reporting that they’ve been hit with a mysterious message requesting money to settle an outstanding toll fee.

L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger is now urging Eaton Fire survivors to come forward if they were targeted by fraudulent tow companies. The deceptive operators falsely claim to be contracted by Altadena officials and then proceed to tow vehicles without informing owners of the storage location, according to Barger's office.