L.A. County Sheriff’s Department advising against fake 'traffic court case' scam texts 

Officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are letting the community know of a recent wave of scam messages where scammers send fake court notices to people’s phones. The messages include a supposed case number for an unresolved traffic ticket and request payment information for the nonexistent outstanding balance – or else the person being scammed would have to “go to court.” In [...]