{"id":657,"date":"2025-04-28T11:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/?p=657"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:37:26","slug":"e-zpass-final-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/2025\/04\/28\/e-zpass-final-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"E-ZPass Final Reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why this is phishing?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>E-ZPass will never text you for payment<\/li>\n<li>Sender is either a random phone number (10 digit) or email address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"130\">What You <em data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"105\">Might<\/em> Get From E\u2011ZPass (Legit)<\/h2>\n<ul data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"289\">\n<li data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"170\">\n<p data-start=\"133\" data-end=\"170\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"43\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Account balance\/replenishment reminders<\/strong> via SMS (if you opted in).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"249\">\n<p data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"249\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Legitimate messages from <strong data-start=\"25\" data-end=\"40\">short codes<\/strong>, like <strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"9\" data-is-only-node=\"\">65397 (NJ)<\/strong>, which corresponds to the identifier <strong data-start=\"47\" data-end=\"58\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\u201cNJEZP\u201d.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"289\">\n<p data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"289\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"10\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Emails<\/strong> or official mailed notices\u2014not SMS demanding payment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"459\">If You Receive a Suspicious E\u2011ZPass\u2011Style Text:<\/h2>\n<ol data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"758\">\n<li data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"500\">\n<p data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"500\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"24\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Don\u2019t reply or click<\/strong> any links.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"541\">\n<p data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"541\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"24\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Check for short\u2011code<\/strong> (e.g., <strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"9\" data-is-only-node=\"\">65397<\/strong>). If it <em data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"53\">isn&#8217;t<\/em> one, be cautious.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"584\">\n<p data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"584\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"13\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Report it<\/strong> as spam\/Junk via your phone or forward to <em data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"62\">7726<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"674\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"31\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Verify your account balance<\/strong> by logging into the official website or app, not via text link. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ezpassnj.com\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.ezpassnj.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Additional Notes:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you think you&#8217;ve fallen for a scam? Did you share personal information? Downloaded malicious content? Please contact the IT Service Desk at <a href=\"tel:973-655-7971\">973-655-7971<\/a>\u00a0option 1 or email <a href=\"mailto:itservicedesk@montclair.edu\">itservicedesk@montclair.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Please send any malicious emails you have received to <a href=\"mailto:phishfiles@montclair.edu\">phishfiles@montclair.edu<\/a> or by clicking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/security\/pab\/\">Knowbe4 Phish Alert Button (PAB)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Always use the &#8220;hover over&#8221; technique to check web links before clicking! For more security tips please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/security\/security-tips\/\">Security Tips<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why this is phishing? E-ZPass will never text you for payment Sender is either a random phone number (10 digit) or email address What You Might Get From E\u2011ZPass (Legit) Account balance\/replenishment reminders via SMS (if you opted in). Legitimate messages from short codes, like 65397 (NJ), which corresponds to the identifier \u201cNJEZP\u201d. Emails or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1402,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions\/1402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/phish-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}