BBB alerts consumers to rising text scams

( InvestigateTV ) — First it was robocalls on landlines, then cell phones, and now text spam and scams are flooding our devices.

Melanie McGovern, spokesperson for the Better Business Bureau (BBB), said reports of text scams are pouring in from across the country.

“From packages being held at the warehouse to, we have a job for you, to there’s an issue with their bank account. Which scares people!” McGovern said. “They’re hoping people are nervous enough to click on a link and start going down a rabbit hole of giving up information.”

Among the many fake texts hitting phones, the BBB said some of the fastest growing involve tolls and even state DMVs.

“A lot of states went to cashless tolls. There are no more toll booths. They’re using gantries and radio frequencies from EZ passes,”