INDIANAPOLIS If you received a text message this week claiming to be from the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, you are not alone.

The text messages pertain to unresolved traffic violations and seek payment.

The texts also claim that if you do not pay, your drivers license could be suspended for 30 days, your registration could be revoked, or you could face legal proceedings.

The messages are a new version of a scam.

Previous versions referred to the state agency as the DMV and referred to unpaid tolls.

We want to make it clear that these messages are not from the Indiana BMV, the BMV said in a statement. The BMV does not send SMS text messages about outstanding penalties. In fact, the fees outlined in the messages are not ones that the agency actually collects.

The Indiana BMV urges

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