The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public about imposters and fraud schemes recently targeting job seekers with offers of employment with Yuma County.
According to Yuma County officials, potential victims have received an offer of employment through fraudulent emails, such as hryumacounty@mail.com and careers.yumacounty@gmail.com. These non-county email domains are a sign of fraud. Any email address originating from Yuma County Government would contain the domain of @yumacountyaz.gov or @governmentjobs.com only.
The Sheriff’s Office notes that some of these potential victims had applied for employment at Yuma County, and others may have had their information taken from other public job seeking websites.
“When being offered employment with Yuma County Government, be aware that you would be first contacted by phone regarding an offer of employment before requesting any additional personal information that would be needed,” advised the Sheriff’s Office. “These scammers will ask for your driver’s license, social security, or bank account number to fill out “employment paperwork.” Sharing this sensitive information leaves job seeker’s bank accounts vulnerable and likely to identity theft.”
“If you get a job offer via email that you believe may be fraudulent, do not download any attachments or click on any links. Instead, report the suspicions email to your local law enforcement, and call Yuma County Human Resources at 928-373-1013 to verify the employment information you received,” warns the Sheriff’s Office.