Concord, NH – Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announces reports of a new scam that uses the New Hampshire Department of Transportation’s logo and an email address “nhdot@swingmedia.xyz.” The scam email seeks payment for a speeding infraction and explains that failure to pay in full will result in a criminal investigation.
NH DOT will never send an email asking for payment for a traffic violation.
If you are a recipient of an email that appears to be similar to this one, do not contact the emailer, or provide any personal information.
Similarly, the NH DOT EZ Pass system, which does communicate with users via email, would only do so for toll-related issues including unpaid transactions and account balances. All other EZ Pass notifications related to violations and other issues would be sent to users by US mail.
To verify the validity of a NH DOT communication, please call NH DOT’s Chief
Communications Officer Eileen Meaney at 603-271-6495 and for an EZ Pass or communication, please call 1-877-643-9727.
If you are the recipient of an email like this one and would like to report it or if you have questions, please contact the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Hotline at 1-888-468- 4454. For more information about the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Bureau:
https://www.doj.nh.gov/consumer/index.htm