This week on The Perfect Scam.

These scammers they love to take something that has a kernel of truth or some tidbit of reality and then they spin their yarn around that.

So yes, it is true that if you don't pay a toll in a timely manner,

they will issue fees.

People do feel that sense of urgency, but that's why they're doing it.

They're testing the waters and unfortunately they're finding that the water is very warm.

Welcome back to the perfect scam. I'm your host Bob Sullivan.

Summer is practically synonymous with road trip.

And you know what's often synonymous with road trip?

Tall roads.

We've all gotten used to putting a little gadget in our cars so we can pay a toll electronically.

On the East Coast, they call it an easy pass.

In Washington State, they call it good to go.

But have you ever been driving through a state on a road trip, you end up on a toll road

and you don't quite know how to pay the toll? You drive through figuring you'll get a bill in the mail or

whatnot, fingers crossed, that you don't end up with some kind of outrageous fine

which you get anyway. Maybe I'm being a bit too autobiographical here, but anyway, that kind of anxiety opens the door to one of the newest scams and we wanted to tell you about it right away so today is a special

bonus episode.

Electronic Toling like so many other modern electronic conveniences is being abused by criminals.

Anyone who took a road trip this summer, really anyone who drives a car, needs to

hear today's story. Fortunately we have Eva Velazquez from the Identity Theft Resource Center

to explain how criminals are making money off.

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