Press release courtesy of Murray Police Department

The Murray Police Department would like to make everyone aware of an email scam that
has been going around.

The email claims that the recipient has a traffic violation that they must pay within 72
hours. It states a specific violation, for example, “photo enforced red light violation”. It also
states a city, state and time. It then asks the recipient to not mail in the payment, but to pay
online through a link. It also states that if you wish to contest the citation to click on another
link.

Recent emails have been sent to multiple local residents that say the location of their
violation was in Murray, Kentucky. Murray does not utilize any type of traffic camera
enforcement. Any cameras used along Kentucky roadways are for monitoring purposes only.

Kentucky laws prohibit officers from ticketing drivers unless they see the violation first hand.
If you receive an email, or even regular mail, regarding criminal or traffic violations that
you are not aware of contact the agency listed. Do not follow any links in an email that claims to
be a citation as citations are never sent via email.