Potential Private Investigator Scam Warning
2011 is renewal year in Georgia for both agency licenses and employee licenses. Agency licenses expire in June, and the employee licenses expire in August. It would appear not even PI’s are exempt from scam artist attempts to lighten their wallets as the Secretary Of State in Georgia releases the following warning:
Secretary of State Kemp Reminds Professional License Holders about Potential Scams During License Renewal Period
Atlanta – Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp today reminded those who hold a professional license that is issued through the Secretary of State’s Professional Licensing Boards Division (PLB) to be aware of potential scams that can occur during the renewal period.
A commonly attempted scam occurs when a license holder receives a phone call from an individual who claims to work for the PLB. The caller will remind the license holder of an upcoming renewal deadline, and offer to process the renewal if the license holder provides personal information such as their Social Security Number, bank account numbers and related passwords.
The PLB offers license holders these important reminders:
- PLB employees will never call you to renew your professional license.
- PLB employees will never call you to “verify” personal information.
- Never give your Social Security Number or any bank account information to a phone solicitor who offers to renew your professional license.
- The most secure and convenient method to renew a professional license is on the PLB website at http://sos.georgia.gov/plb.
The full press release can be viewed here.
Eagle Investigative Services offers civil and criminal investigation services, insurance fraud investigations, subrogation, activity checks, skip tracing, property and vehicle theft, pre-employment/background investigations, undercover operations, espionage countermeasures, and corporate security.
We are licensed by the Secretary of State in Georgia and our license number is PDC002029.
It is a bit silly that we as private investigators must be warned by the State Board of potential scams against us. LOL, and who would have the guts to target private investigators? Who are these criminals going after next, The CIA?