 pay your bill in order to avoid this late fee and if you log on and you pay the bill you're essentially paying a scammer like it's not actually a legit site you're putting in your credit card information your personal information but it's just it's a simple basic text message it's not super complicated but that's what can be even more misleading right it's just a simple pop-up that comes up you receive it says you have a late you have a late fee coming pay your bills