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Scam Alert! Be Alert Concerning Text Messages Warning about an Unpaid Traffic Ticket

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Tennessee Highway Patrol are warning Tennesseans about new scam text messages claiming recipients have an “unpaid traffic ticket” and threatening their driving privileges. These messages are not real.

If you are a victim of this scam, report your interaction to https://www.ic3.gov/. For more information about common scams and how to protect yourself, visit the Tennessee Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Affairs at www.tn.gov/consumer https://www.tn.gov/…/working-for…/consumer-affairs.html.

Lucky Knott

Lucky Knott is a longtime broadcaster, sportscaster, and news reporter, having worked in radio here in the Sequatchie Valley and in Coffee and Grundy County for many years. You can hear his news reports weekday mornings and afternoons on The River 104.9 WEPG in Marion County and Country Roads 93.3 in Dunlap/Pikeville. He is also Editor for SValleyNow.com - Sequatchie Valley Now.