Detectives from the Indiana State Police Indianapolis District are warning the public about a text message scam.
Police say the messenger claims to be from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development and indicates the recipient has unclaimed money. The message gives instructions to click a link, and that link takes them to a webpage that asks for personal and confidential information. Indiana workforce development does not send a text or email message asking individuals to click a link to receive benefits or any type of payment, according to a public information email from ISP.
Police say the link looks like this: uplink-indiana.us/login. The link is marked as dangerous on some browsers such as Google Chrome.
The real link to login at Uplink Indiana, the state’s unemployment benefits web portal, is https://uplink.in.gov/CSS/CSSLogon.htm.
Clicking on the link and providing personal information would likely give fraudsters the ability to access personal accounts or sell personal information on the dark web, ISP officials say.
People who get the text message can report it through the state’s unemployment fraud reporting portal at in.gov/dwd/indiana-unemployment/fraud/.
ISP officials say Hoosiers should protect themselves from being scammed by text or by email by ignoring and deleting unsolicited requests for information from unknown senders. Hoosiers should never provide any information to an unknown sender about their personal identity, social security number, bank account, or credit card number. Hoosiers should also be extra cautious about clicking any links that are sent to you by an unknown person.
