OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Officers say they’re warning Oklahomans a couple of textual content messaging rip-off that seems to return from a state company.
Oklahoma Human Providers says it has been notified of a rip-off that mentions advantages acquired by means of OKDHS, together with the Low Revenue House Vitality Help Program, Supplemental Diet Help Program, Social Safety Revenue, and Momentary Help for Needy Households.
The textual content message seems to return from a random quantity with physique contents much like the next:
Congratulations your quantity is among the many random 150 numbers chosen to profit from The Low Revenue House Vitality Help Program giving out $500 to 150 folks similar to we did yesterday. An individual who participates or has members of the family who take part in sure different profit packages, corresponding to SNAP, SSI, TANF, could also be mechanically eligible. Click on the hyperlink <hyperlink> to use, It begins now…
As soon as a person clicks the hyperlink of the message, they’re taken to a web site that seems to phish for family private data by requesting the completion of a type with family demographics, together with Social Safety numbers and banking data “for useful resource verification.”
Officers say they may by no means ship a textual content message asking clients to use for advantages, or to request the completion of a web-based type outdoors of the state’s DHS or advantages web sites.
People who’ve acquired these textual content messages mustn’t click on on any hyperlinks. As a substitute, officers say you need to simply delete the textual content messages.
For those who already clicked on the hyperlink, notify your financial institution instantly and take the mandatory steps to deal with identification theft, together with contemplating freezing your credit score.
