{"id":392741,"date":"2023-07-31T19:55:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T19:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/?page_id=392741"},"modified":"2025-04-23T20:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:18:31","slug":"scam-alert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/scam-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"392741\" class=\"elementor elementor-392741\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3645d9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3645d9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0996bc0 elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet 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href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/disaster-resources\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Disaster Resources<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-395084\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/emergency-resources\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Community Emergency Access Assessment<\/a>\n\t<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-395083\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/disaster-resources\/survey-and-project-updates\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Survey and Project Updates<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-395082\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/disaster-resources\/toolkit\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Resource Toolkit<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392306\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/hsa-alert\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">HSA Alerts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-395487\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/hsa-news\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">News &amp; Events<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-396380\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/about-human-services-agency\/events\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Events<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-395290\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/hsa-news\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">HSA e-Newsletters<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-395488\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/social-media\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">HSA Social Media<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-395489\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/media\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Media Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-392307\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/hsa-contact-us\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Contact HSA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44b8dcf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44b8dcf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ab4716 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ab4716\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f118706 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f118706\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a772d8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a772d8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a335376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a335376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scam Alert<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ecbe9e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ecbe9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84424e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84424e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8787e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8787e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">HSA REMINDS CUSTOMERS TO BEWARE OF SUSPICIOUS CALL, TEXT, AND EMAIL SCAMS!<\/h2><p style=\"text-align: center\">The Human Services Agency (HSA) is reminding customers to never provide personal information in response to calls, text, or emails. Scammers use these illegal \u201cspoofing\u201d techniques to trick consumers into responding.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adbb6a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"adbb6a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b60129 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0b60129\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f021102 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f021102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-105936a ex elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"105936a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-exclamation\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e2eb6 e-con-full alert e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1e2eb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2142105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2142105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>EBT THEFT ALERT<br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/>ALERTA DE ROBO DE BENEFICIOS DE EBT<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you think your benefits may have been stolen, you should immediately call the customer service telephone number on the back of your EBT card,\u00a0<strong>877-328-9677<\/strong>, contact your eligibility worker directly, or call\u00a0<strong>888-472-4463<\/strong>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9deb6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e9deb6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/opg52FxKoSo&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-493d532 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"493d532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_message_box vc_message_box-standard vc_message_box-rounded vc_color-danger\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a1Tenga Cuidado con las Estafas de las Tarjetas EBT!:<br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/O7j7ut0_FKI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Video en espa\u00f1ol - opens in new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">Video en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p><p>What you can do to avoid theft and fraud:<\/p><ul><li>Keep your Personal Identification Number (PIN) safe. Don\u2019t share with anyone outside your household.<\/li><li>Change your Personal Identification Number (PIN) regularly<\/li><li>Check your EBT account regularly for unauthorized charges<\/li><li>Watch out for suspicious websites and text messages.<\/li><li>Cover the keypad when you enter your PIN on an POS (point-of-sale) or ATM machine<\/li><li>Double-check card reading machines:<ul class=\"arrow-list\"><li>Labels on the machine indicating the chip reader does not work.<\/li><li>The chip reader function does not work and directs you to swipe instead<\/li><li>The sides of the device shift, lift, or appear bulky which indicates an overlay,<\/li><li>The POS machine appears unnecessarily worn or does not match other machines at the counter.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f326a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"53f326a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.15.0 &#8211; 20-08-2023 *\/ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title&gt;a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Scam Alert HSA REMINDS CUSTOMERS TO BEWARE OF SUSPICIOUS CALL, TEXT, AND EMAIL SCAMS! 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