Fedweek

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning about a scam being perpetrated on federal employees purporting to offer money to data breach victims. Do not provide any personal information, says the notice: “One fake name the caller used was Dave Johnson, with the FTC in Las Vegas, Nevada. There’s not even an FTC office in Las Vegas. The FTC won’t be calling to ask for your personal information. We won’t be giving money to OPM data breach victims either.” Not giving personal information is always a best practice unless you’ve initiated the call and it’s to a phone number you know to be correct, it says–also, never wire money or put money on a prepaid card, never provide financial information by email, and don’t trust caller ID. Those who have given out personal information to what could be a suspicious person should change passwords, account numbers and security questions, it adds.