(Indianapolis, IN) - Scam emails and texts hit Indiana residents statewide yesterday.

The messages seem to be from various state government departments asking people to pay unpaid tolls.

However, state officials said it’s a scam because of a hacker.

Officials said the state will never send unpaid toll notifications through email or text and urge people to delete those messages as they receive them.

Hometownnewsnow.com was among the recipients of those scam e-mails and text messages.