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2025's Top Text-Based Scams

This is a news story, published by Mashable, that relates primarily to E-ZPass news.

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The top internet scams to be aware of in 2025 (so far)

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62% Informative

The E-ZPass scam texts have been the most prevalent scam in 2025 .

The DMV texts falsely claim you have unpaid tolls and threaten to suspend your license.

In general, it's best to not engage with scams at all.

Do not click links, do not respond to the texts, or start a chat on some other messaging services.

Nearly one-quarter of Americans have been the victim, or know someone who was a victim, of a tax scam, according to a 2025 survey by McAfee .

"Pig butchering" scams involve fraudsters gaining the trust of victims, oftentimes via a fictitious romantic relationship, and duping them into making investments into fake cryptocurrency projects.

VR Score

44

Informative language

31

Neutral language

36

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

36

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

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https://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2025/05/23/new-florida-dmv-scam-florida-administrative-code-15c-16-003/83816228007/https://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-usehttps://www.mcafee.com/blogs/internet-security/financial-losses-from-tax-scams-top-1000-on-average-and-gen-z-is-a-growing-target/https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/04/09/macomb-county-senior-falls-victim-to-30k-bitcoin-internet-service-scam/https://ktla.com/news/california/dmv-warns-californians-about-fake-toll-text-message-scam/https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/05/avoid-online-joann-impersonators-and-their-fake-saleshttps://lakevillepdnews.com/https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/01/got-text-about-unpaid-tolls-its-probably-scamhttps://www.secretservice.gov/investigations/investmentfraud-pigbutcheringhttps://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/04/seemingly-urgent-security-messages-could-lead-tech-support-scamshttps://reportfraud.ftc.gov/?orgcode=Indeedhttps://www.ziffdavis.com/ztg-privacy-policyhttps://www.localsyr.com/news/drivers-beware-the-dmv-warns-of-a-new-text-scam/

Source diversity

10

www.pnj.comwww.ziffdavis.comwww.mcafee.comwww.clickondetroit.comktla.comconsumer.ftc.govlakevillepdnews.comwww.secretservice.govreportfraud.ftc.govwww.localsyr.com

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