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Indiana BMV Warns of Text Scam

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM

By Travis Thayer @eagle993

These fraudulent messages claim to represent the BMV and include suspicious links.

The above photo is a scam text message.

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana BMV is warning customers about a recent text message impersonating our agency.

These fraudulent messages claim to represent the BMV and include suspicious links.

"We want to clarify that these messages are not from the Indiana BMV. The BMV does not send SMS text messages about outstanding penalties. Any such message should be considered fraudulent," reads a statement from the Indiana BMV.

We urge the public to:

Ignore these messages
Do not click on any links
Delete the message immediately

For a list of known BMV related scams, please visit: https://ow.ly/ykon50WfJER.

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