"This is a final reminder regarding the unpaid toll from your recent trip on the Maryland toll road ... attempt to rush you into payment by saying it is due in a certain amount of hours.

Are you a driver? Then you're a target. A sophisticated and rapidly escalating scam is flooding cell phones with fake toll notifications.

The Maryland Transportation Authority, which manages toll roads and facilities in the state, said DriveEzMD will never request payment via text message. The agency reminds the public that the only ...