Did you receive a strange text message about an "outstanding traffic ticket" with a " final notice " from a number purporting to be the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles?

Don't click on it, officials say. It's a scam -- and it may contain a glaring typo.

A recent text obtained by NBC Chicago appeared to follow the same pattern as other phishing or "smishing" texts the Illinois Secretary of State and the Illinois Department of Transportation warned about earlier this year.

The latest text, received Monday night, threatened a number of actions if an unpaid traffic ticket isn't paid in 24 hours -- including vehicle registration suspension, prosecution, credit score impact, a 35% fee at tolls and more.

"Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Final Notice: Enforcement will begin

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