Of course, the police department there doesn't accept online payments, either. That's what happened to drivers in Landisville, Pa., earlier this year. Perhaps the most common speed trap scam is dead simple: An email claims you've been caught on camera and contains a link to pay your fine. ![]() She might have double-checked with the real sheriff's department, which does not accept payments by phone. One woman lost $3,000 to a scammer who used the names of real police officers to rip her off. In the Fort Worth, Texas, area, scammers have used the phone to extract payment from unwitting motorists. Indeed, most police departments still contact motorists by snail-mail, making these new speeding ticket scams fairly easy to spot. Police say they don't send citations by email. Once you do, they harvest passwords and other personal information and steal your identity. Hackers pretending to be police reportedly sent emails saying you'd been caught on a speed camera and received a violation. While there are questionable ways to entrap you, but there are also entirely illegal ways to extract your speeding "fines." For example, consider this elaborate new speeding ticket scam in the Washington, D.C., area. (Photo by Carsten Rehder/picture alliance via Getty Images) Beware of these new speeding ticket scams ![]() If you reach the second toll booth in 2 1/2 minutes, we know that you were averaging 120 mph in a 60 mph zone." "If the speed limit is 60 mph and the toll booths are 5 miles apart, the quickest you can legally get from the first toll booth to the second is in 5 minutes. "It is simply done by averages," he explains. ![]() There's no need for GPS or radar detectors, says Dye. Where's all this headed? The future of speeding ticket scams (or, at least, speed traps) is toll roads. What's kind of unfair, say observers, is that the car pulling you over doesn't have your speed on radar. He moved on quickly and said continuously, 'Have a great day, sir.'" In hindsight, says Anton, it pays to know your surroundings.Īnother popular trap involves coordinated teams of police officers - a spotter who determines your speed and, farther down the road, an officer who pulls you over and tickets you. He gave me a warning after I told him about the trap. "They'll ticket you unless you call them on it," he says.
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