INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Auditor of State Tera Klutz warns Hoosiers to be aware of a scam asking for advance payment in order to receive access to state grants and payments.
These scams, being made by telephone and email from people posing as employees of the auditor’s office, falsely claim eligibility for a state grant or payment but require a fee be paid before receiving access to funds.
Klutz said the state will never charge a fee for the processing of a state warrant or grant payments.
Klutz, who serves as Indiana’s chief financial officer, is coordinating with the Indiana attorney general’s office, the Indiana Office of Inspector General and the Indiana State Police on these cases. If you receive a call or email you think may be an advance-fee scam, contact the attorney general’s office consumer protection division at in.gov/attorneygeneral/2434.htm.
