Pa. L&I Urges Vigilance Against Social Media Fraud

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) has become aware of attempts by fraudsters to obtain personal and confidential information through fake Facebook pages and is reminding Pennsylvanians to never provide information to anyone over social media.

L&I operates a Facebook page under the name “PA Department of Labor & Industry” and handle “@PALaborIndustry.” Several similarly named pages have appeared over the past few days, and some scammers have posted on L&I’s legitimate page pretending to be L&I employees. L&I’s Facebook page has a blue check box next to the name that identifi...