The Boston Diaries

The ongoing saga of Sean Conner, who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”

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Thursday, January 01, 2026

Despite it being a new year, the scams will never stop coming

The clock struck midnight, the Times Square ball fell, and scams are still a thing in this year of 2026.

Bunny has now received the same text message twice:

Florida Buraeu of Motor Vehicles Final Notice:

According to our records, the traffic violation associated with your account remains unresolved. This is a final reminder that payment has not been received.

In accordance with Florida Code Title 9 Motor Vehicles § 9–18–2–7, if full payment is not submitted by January 1, 2026, the following enforcement actions will be initiated:

  1. Official violation recorded with the Florida FLHSMV
  2. Revocation of vehicle registration effecitive January 2, 2026
  3. Suspension of driver's license for a minimum of 30 days
  4. Referral of the outstanding debt to a collections agency, with an additional fee of up to 35%
  5. Potential legal proceedings and adverse credit reporting

To avoid these penalties, please settle your payment immedately through our official payment portal: https://flhsmv.govsar.help?var=XXXXX­XXXXX

The first time was, I don't know, earlier this month. I thought then, and I still think it now, that any “official notification” would come through the U.S. Postal Service (aka “snail mail”) than a vague text message.

Also, by the time a debt hits the collection agencies, the organization with the debt has already written it off and sold the debt to said collection agencies, and I somehow don't think government organizations would sell off debt to collection agencies. Why would they? They have the means (read: guns) to collect if they really wanted to.

Anyway, a search later, and I found this alert from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles about this scam, and they mention the fact they will never send such a notice via text message, but will instead use snail mail.

So Happy New Year everybody!

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