{"id":137312,"date":"2020-11-19T23:46:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T04:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=137312"},"modified":"2020-11-19T23:46:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T04:46:58","slug":"odjfs-warns-of-pandemic-related-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/11\/19\/odjfs-warns-of-pandemic-related-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"ODJFS warns of pandemic-related scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ODJS-Pandemic-aid-scam-artwork-11-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-137322\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has learned of a potential scam targeting current and past recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notifications appear to be from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, and contain the agency\u2019s logo, but they are\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0legitimate. They instruct those targeted to click on a link to obtain a pandemic stimulus benefit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ODJFS does not send these types of communications. It also warns all Ohioans to beware\u00a0of scams using texting or emails to obtain your personal information.\u00a0Anyone who receives an email that they suspect may be a phishing attempt should not<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>click on any links.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Individuals who have received this notification are encouraged to report it to the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s office at 800.282.0515 or access the Ohio Protects website at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ohioprotects.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ohioprotects.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has learned of a potential scam targeting current and past recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The notifications appear to be from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, and contain the agency\u2019s logo, but they are\u00a0not\u00a0legitimate. They instruct those targeted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 13:31:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}