We have received recent reports of fraudulent LinkedIn messages and emails alleging or claiming to be sent from UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare, or Optum Executives.
The fraudulent LinkedIn messages and emails, which do not originate from any Executives LinkedIn account or of UnitedHealth Group’s email domains, or those of any of its operating divisions, supposedly conducts an interview via a Zoom meeting, offer a work from home job at Optum, emails an application, sends a fake check by next day delivery through USPS and asks recipients to pay a vendor a large dollar amount. These counterfeit-check cashing schemes exist and use a variety of deceptions to get people to cash these fraudelent checks.
UnitedHealth Group will never request you to pay a vendor or pay a fee of any sort to explore employment opportunities with our company.
If you wish to verify the legitimacy of any email alleging or claiming to have been sent by or on behalf of UnitedHealth Group Execuitives or Recruiters, please call 1-800-561-0861 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. CT, Monday - Friday, for assistance.
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