INDIANA, USA — On Wednesday, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) issued a warning to the public about a new texting scam going around.

The new text message scams "strongly mimic" the BMV's mobile website and improperly cites Indiana Code, according to a BMV news release.

The scam message says due to a "traffic violation," the recipient must issue a payment "immediately" through a website linked at the bottom of the text message. Although the website may appear to be a BMV website, officials point out that it doesn't end in ".gov" and is fake.

BMV officials say the messages should be considered fradulent and urge the public to:

In recent months, scammers have been targeting Hoosiers with a variety of text messages impersonating the BMV, officials said.

Previously, fraudulent mes

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