State Police Warn Of Workforce Development Scam
News Release
INDIANAPOLIS — Detectives from the Indiana State Police Indianapolis District have recently received complaints about a potential scam in the form of a text message.
The messenger claims to be from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development and indicates the recipient has unclaimed money from the state. The message gives instructions to click a link, and that link will take them to a webpage asking for personal/confidential information.
The fraudulent link received via text message looks like this: https: //uplink-indiana .us/ login.
Detectives have communicated with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development and confirmed that they will not send a text or email message asking individuals to click a link to receive benefits or any type of payment.
People can report unemployment fraud via in.gov/dwd/indiana-unemployment/fraud/. State police remind the public that a reputable resource to research potential scams, or cross check a suspicious message can be found on the Better Business Bureau’s website https://www.bbb.org/scamtracker/.