The Michigan Attorney General and the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) on October 13, 2020 sent an e-mail and posted a warning urging Michigan Licensees to be cautious of unsolicited e-mails. These licensees include anyone who holds a professional license issued by LARA, such as those under the Public Health Code, the Occupational Code, and others.
Several Michigan Licensees have reported receiving fraudulent e-mails asking for personal information. These e-mails can be identified by looking for grammatical errors, misspelled words, or unrecognizable e-mail addresses. An example of these e-mails can be found here: https://www.michigan.gov/images/ag/Alert_screenshot_704790_7.png
If you are unsure if the alert has come from LARA or is a scam, a library of all of the consumer alerts has been created by LARA’s Consumer Protection Team. That library can be accessed here: https://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-359-81903_20942—,00.html
The Attorney General and LARA advise Michigan Licensees to not respond to or open any hyperlinks in an e-mail or text message about validating your personal data. If you do receive one of these e-mails, they ask that you report the fraudulent activity to BPLHelp@michigan.gov.
More information on this scam and how to proceed can be found here: https://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-89334_72600_103068—,00.html
