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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Got this exact one a few days ago. And a call from Thailand. And of course, my tolls are once again unpaid. I really feel sorry for older people. The scam situation is out of control.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Lol! My partner got the toll one last night - we don't own a car nor drive ๐Ÿ˜‚

I also feel bad for the oldies, it's fucked how many of these texts are sent

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

The toll ones are especially funny in Perth - there are no toll roads in WA. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

The toll one is odd, I never got that particular one until I made a rare and very short trip (like one junction) on Eastlink a couple of weeks ago. I've had five scam texts since then. If you go on the Eastlink website there's a big red 'priority alert' warning at the top of the page, so they're obviously aware of it, but it seems to me that their system is compromised somehow.