State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal financial information,

The text may have urgent language or appear from a legitimate source. That's by design, and it could be to your detriment.

This tactic, known as “smishing”— a portmanteau of “SMS” and “phishing” — targets people using text messages to trick people into giving out sensitive information