{"id":682409,"date":"2026-03-26T05:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/682409\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:18:13","slug":"jacksonville-beach-police-warn-of-parking-ticket-text-message-scam-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/682409\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Beach police warn of parking ticket text message scam \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Beach Police Department is warning the public about scam text messages that falsely claim recipients owe money for parking tickets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">According to the Police Department, the messages may appear official but are intended to lure users into clicking links and providing personal or payment information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Authorities identified several indicators that a text message may not be legitimate. Red flags include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Poor grammar or spelling<\/li>\n<li>The text is sent from suspicious or unfamiliar phone numbers<\/li>\n<li>Website links do not match an official government or city website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">To avoid falling victim to the scam, authorities recommend that individuals refrain from clicking links in any unexpected text messages. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">If a person is unsure about the status of a citation, they are encouraged to visit the official agency website directly to verify the information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Police noted that if a message does not feel right, individuals should trust their instincts and verify the claim before taking action.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>] <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Click here<\/b><\/a><b> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/video\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Beach Police Department is warning the public about scam text messages that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":682410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,7323,218332,11397,22627,31697,3188,723,7324,7310,10765,7327,7325,20034,286771,7207,12842,7326,4063,38518,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":["post-682409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-america","tag-cbs47","tag-citation","tag-claim","tag-fake","tag-fine","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-beach","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-northeast-florida","tag-parking","tag-parking-ticket","tag-police","tag-scam","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-text","tag-ticket","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116293789873299755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}