Eflow scam text

[Slim]

This my 1st Eflow scam text:
"eflow: You have been recorded using the motorway without paying the appropriate charge(s)of 6.40, visit eflow-tollcharges.com or an additional fine of 97.50 will be sent to your home address."
I've blocked the number.

 

[ClubMan]

I received a couple recently.
I also just received this email from eFlow.

 

[Luternau]

I got that test too and the quoted email from eflow warning people to be vigilant. The text is an obvious scam. I have not been near a toll booth in months.

 

[Gordon Gekko]

The text is an obvious scam. I have not been near a toll booth in months.

Not for the hundreds of thousands of people who have travelled through a toll within the last couple of days.

 

[Luternau]

I was answering from my perspective of not having being near a toll .I accept anyone can be caught out, and that's what the scammers hope for.

The message is frequently communicated to be alert to scams and not click on links in emails and texts, no matter who it's from, even more so when the message is calling for urgent action to avoid more financial penalty or loss.
Eflow send out many emails advising they don't send links. For those that have no account with them and therefore not getting these emails, is it not also a big red flag that Eflow somehow have got hold of your phone number....?