The Min­istry of Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion is warn­ing mem­bers of the pub­lic about fraud­u­lent text mes­sages claim­ing re­cip­i­ents have com­mit­ted speed­ing vi­o­la­tions and must make pay­ments with­in sev­en days to re­ceive a 50 per cent dis­count.

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued, the min­istry said the mes­sages are fake and did not orig­i­nate from the min­istry or the Li­cens­ing Au­thor­i­ty.

Ac­cord­ing to the re­lease, the mes­sages false­ly sug­gest they car­ry le­gal au­thor­i­ty and at­tempt to pres­sure re­cip­i­ents in­to mak­ing im­me­di­ate pay­ments. The min­istry stressed that the no­tices are not is­sued by, af­fil­i­at­ed with, or con­nect­ed to the Li­cens­ing Au­thor­i­ty in any way.