MADISON, Wis.–The CDFI Fund is cautioning both financial institutions and consumers to be aware of fraudulent social media profiles, email accounts, and phone numbers that attempt to impersonate or otherwise associate themselves with the CDFI Fund.
“Although the precise platforms and messages vary, these imposters provide false CDFI Fund employee and contact information, false links to a website alleged to be the CDFI Fund website, and a false telephone number,” the Treasury Department cautioned. “One social media profile scam identifies a nonexistent grant program, tells the public that it can receive free federal government grant money, and even displays a fictitious monetary disbursement. Therefore, please be cautious when clicking on links attributed to the CDFI Fund.”
According to Treasury, the CDFI Fund is actively working to have these accounts deactivated. In the meantime, it is urging everyone to be careful and to ensure they are using the official CDFI Fund website, email addresses, phone numbers, and other interfaces.
The Correct Links
The correct CDFI Fund website is www.cdfifund.gov. The CDFI Fund has three official social media profiles: on the X platform (formerly Twitter) it is @CDFIFund, and also Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. The main number to the CDFI Fund is (202) 653-0300. Other official phone numbers for the CDFI Fund, such as to the Helpdesk, can be found on the website, it reminded.
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