ICBC, province, City of Vancouver all warn of text scams [Video]

ICBC wants you to know it will never text you to seek payment for a traffic ticket. So does the provincial government, and the City of Vancouver.

All three entities have posted public warnings on social media this week about text message phishing scams impersonating them.

ICBC shared an image of a text message claiming that the recipient’s vehicle had been caught “doing 46 km/h in a 30 km/h zone” and including a link that purported to allow the recipient to settle the matter “without a court date.”

“If you receive the text message about a traffic violation, please ignore or delete the message, as it is a scam,” ICBC wrote in its post Tuesday. 

“We do not send text messages to customers about traffic violation tickets or payment requests.”

The B.C. government chimed in with a warning of its own on Thursday, noting that the link appeared to be imitating its PayBC portal, and advising …