FILE: Traffic moves along a California highway on April 3, 2024. The California Highway Patrol is warning about phishing texts falsely claiming recipients owe money for unpaid tickets. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News)

Text messages claiming that recipients owe money for unpaid tickets are fake, the California Highway Patrol says.

“Several people have reported getting suspicious texts from unknown numbers,” the highway patrol’s San Jose office said Tuesday on social media.

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