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DON'T FALL FOR IT: Some Unemployed PA Residents Scammed By Phony Facebook Page DON'T FALL FOR IT: Some Unemployed PA Residents Scammed By Phony Facebook Page
DON'T Fall FOR IT: Some Unemployed PA Residents Scammed By Phony Facebook Page Pennsylvania officials are urging caution after some residents fell victim to identity scams on a made-up Facebook page that closely resembled the one used by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The scammers pretended to be staff members of the Pennsylvania Department of "Labour" and Industry in an attempt to get workers’ social security numbers or unemployment claim numbers, a department spokesperson told the Philadelphia Inquirer. The fraudsters then use that personal information to steal victims' unemployment benefits or commit other forms of identity theft, departmen…

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by Nicole Acosta