Received a text about parking citations in San Diego? Local officials are warning the public to be aware of a phishing scam impersonating the city's webpage.

Instead, the city says people can verify and pay for a parking citation safely online at sandiego.gov/parking/citations. Anyone who received the text is advised to visit the City of San Diego website or call the Parking Administration at 866-470-1308.

The city of San Diego warned residents and visitors Wednesday to beware of a phishing scam involving fake parking citations.

Some text scams are obvious. Others are pretty clever. All of them want to fool you out of your money and personal information. Here are two making their rounds in San Diego County. Parking fine text scam First up is a text that many San Diegans just started receiving.