Police in Boston are warning the public about a “new text messaging scam” involving bogus alerts of parking ticket fines. In an advisory, police said the scam involves “fraudulent messages” sent to residents’ phones claiming that they “have overdue parking ticket fees.”

Boston police are warning residents of an overdue parking ticket fee scam. According to Boston police, fraudulent messages are being sent out claiming that recipients have overdue parking ticket fees. “Please be advised that these messages were NOT sent by the City of Boston,” Boston Police wrote in a release.

Boston residents should not click links in suspicious texts about unpaid parking tickets, police are now warning.

Boston Police are issuing an alert regarding a text message scam about an ‘unpaid parking invoice’ that’s been saturating Boston area codes since Saturday.

Boston police are warning the public about a new scam targeting residents by claiming that they have unpaid parking tickets.