Authorities across the area are warning the public about a text message scam. The Tennessee Highway Patrol, Johnson City Police Department, Kingsport Police Department, and Washington County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office were among the agencies that issued warnings Thursday.

Police agencies are warning the community of a scam hitting your cell phones.Police agencies warn that this is a SCAM and it has popped up the last day or two.

Scam warnings have been issued in multiple states over criminals pretending to be from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The fraud scheme—which sees the attacker issue fake traffic tickets in order to get them to click on an unsafe link—has been reported in Florida,