Don’t pay these speeding tickets. No, seriously.
Police in Massachusetts are warning about a scam involving fake speeding tickets.
The fake tickets tell the recipient they got a speeding ticket and must pay in 72 hours. It includes locations, how fast they were going and how to pay.
“Do not pay it even if you’re threatened with arrest, imprisonment, foreclosure, torture, claims your family members are being held hostage etc. It’s a scam,” Wrentham Police Chief Bill McGrath wrote on Facebook, showing a photo of the scam.
The scam previously came through the person’s email.
“I mean I would have believed it too. With speed cameras popping up everywhere it would seem plausible,” Jennifer Bailis said.
Medway Police Department told residents that Massachusetts doesn’t have speed enforcement cameras that send out automatic fines.
“Police officers must stop you, identify you, and issue you a citation at the time of the violation,” Medway police wrote. “If an investigation led to a speeding citation, you would receive it via certified mail. You would never received an email or any communication telling you to pay for a traffic fine through a payment center, it is a scam.”
The department suggested ignoring it or calling police at 508-533-3212.
