Murray, Ky.–The Murray Police Department is making everyone aware of an email scam that has been going around.
The email claims that the recipient has a traffic violation that they must pay within 72 hours. It states a specific violation, for example, “photo enforced red light violation”. It also states a city, state, and time. It then asks the recipient to not mail in the payment, but to pay online through a link. It also states that if you wish to contest the citation to click on another link.
Recent emails have been sent to multiple local residents that say the location of their violation was in Murray, Kentucky. Murray does not utilize any type of traffic camera enforcement. Any cameras used along Kentucky roadways are for monitoring purposes only. Kentucky laws prohibit officers from ticketing drivers unless they see the violation first hand.
If you receive an email, or even regular mail, regarding criminal or traffic violations that you are not aware of contact the agency listed. Do not follow any links in an email that claims to be a citation as citations are never sent via email.
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