ALERT! EZ Pass Phishing Scam ALERT!

Published On July 16, 2014 | By Tom Huskerson | Alerts
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Fake EZ Pass phishing email

Over the last couple of days people have reported receiving email from the EZ Pass toll system.  EZ Pass is a highway toll road provider that operates in the North Eastern United States.  This includes such major metropolitan areas as New York, Boston, Newark and Trenton, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Other states affected include Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware.The emails are extremely good copies using all the company’s colors and fonts.  The emails are nothing more than phishing attempts. Copying emails is a favorite tactic of scammers and you should be on the look out of more of these.

Users of EZ Pass and other toll services know that toll road agencies can impose stiff fines for violators who use  roads and bridges without paying. As a result  people may fall into the scammers trap and click on the link just to make sure.

That is where the trouble begins. The link directs the victims to www . ruckon . pl. The spaces make sure you don’t accidentally click on the link. Once the victims click on the link the site returns a ZIP with an .EXE or directly loads an .EXE.  .EXE means that you have an executable file on your hands and it most likely contains malware.

“Please be advised this is not an authorized communication from E-ZPass, the New York State Thruway Authority or any other toll agency associated with E-ZPass,” said a statement from the Thruway Authority. “We advise you not to open or respond to such a message should you receive one.”

Authorities are warning customers that the E-ZPass Service Center does not send out email invoices for payment. If you owe money on your  E-ZPass the E-ZPass service center will send an invoice through the US Postal Service for payment.

 

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Tom Huskerson Bio Born in Richmond Virginia Tom Huskerson is a military veteran who settled in California after his discharge. Tom attended Santa Barbara City College where he began his writing career as a campus reporter. He worked as an intern news reporter for the Santa Barbara News-Press writing feature stories before moving on to San Francisco. At San Francisco State University Tom studied broadcast communications and began to focus on the Internet. He completed his graduate thesis on Internet advertising. Tom was the first student to ever focus on the Internet as a graduate student at San Francisco State University. After graduation he went to work for Zona Research in California’s Silicone Valley. As a research associate Tom supported senior analyst writing on the latest developments in the Internet industry. During the dot com boom Tom worked for several web businesses as a market researcher and analyst. As a writer and researcher Tom has authored various technical works including a training program for Charles Schwab security. Other projects included professional presentations on workplace violence and hiring security contractors. Tom has also written both fiction and non-fiction works and blogging for a travel website. He has published two books of short stories and completed two novels. Tom is the owner of Scribe of Life Literature and EbonyCandle.com. Tom is not the chief editor for the OnTechStreet. com. A news and information blog that focuses on tech news for African-Americans. The blog is the result of his desire to inform the African American community of the dangers and benefits of the cyber age. In his blog Tom reports on information security, new and analysis, scams and hoaxes, legal happenings and various topics that arise from the age of information. Tom believes that technology is a necessary tool for black people and they should know what is happening. Tom writes believing that techno speak is for the professional and that valuable information can be communicated using plain language. As a result he has embraced the motto, Less Tech, More Knowledge.

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