A growing number of Americans are being targeted by scammers who send text messages seeking money for unpaid toll road fees. "You have an unpaid toll bill on your account. To avoid late fees, pay within 12 hours or the late fees will be increased and reported to the DMV,

But, thankfully, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning cell phone users that a text message like this is likely a scam. While unpaid toll fee text scams have been around for a while, more and more people on social media lately have been reporting that they’ve been hit with a mysterious message requesting money to settle an outstanding toll fee.

Fake texts impersonating road toll collection agencies are circulating in states from "coast to coast," the FTC warned. What to do if you get one.