The Department has received reports that members of the public have received emails claiming to be from the ‘Department of Social Services’. These claims are false and these individuals do not represent the department or the Commonwealth. We are currently investigating the matter.

If you have received an email — do not click any links or open any attachments. Please delete the email.

We encourage you to report incidents of this nature to Scamwatch(Opens in a new tab/window).

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