Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has warned insurance producers and adjusters across the state to be on the lookout for imposters posing as Oklahoma Insurance Department employees seeking confidential personal information.
The Insurance Department has received reports of individuals calling insurance agents representing themselves as employees of the Department and requesting the agents provide personal tax information via facsimile.
In a similar scam reported earlier this month in Nevada, imposters were calling agents and telling them that their licenses were going to be suspended for filing improper paperwork. They would then inform the agents that the situation could be rectified easily by providing personal information, such as a date of birth along with social security, credit card, and telephone numbers.
Oklahoma Insurance Department employees will only request this information in writing. Commissioner Holland urges producers or adjusters who believe they have been victims of insurance fraud or who have been recently contacted with a questionable request for personal information to contact the Oklahoma Insurance Department at (800) 522-0071.
Source: Oklahoma Insurance Department, www.ok.gov/oid
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