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Email Scams / Phishing and your Retirement Accounts

Email Scams / Phishing and your Retirement Accounts

Email Scams & Phishing 

The Office of Human Resources has recently become aware that faculty and staff are receiving unsolicited offers for retirement and benefit consultations from an outside organization that represents itself as having knowledge of your state-administered retirement funds. The sender is mypensioneducation.com and the subject line reads “Kean Annual Pension Review.” See below for a sample message. The unauthorized individuals sending these emails are in no way affiliated with Kean or the New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits.

More information, including fraudulent email and messaging, can be found here.

We want to remind you that Kean’s official sources of information about employee retirement planning may be found on the Human Resources webpages below: 

Retirement

Retirement Planning 

If you are a member of the Alternate Benefit Program (ABP), you are encouraged to schedule a one-on-one retirement planning session with your ABP-designated service provider on an annual basis. These are representatives from the state-approved ABP financial institutions that have been specifically assigned to our campus to provide you with education and support.

ABP-designated service provider contact list.   

Additionally, members of PERS or PFRS may contact these providers with questions about the supplemental retirement savings plans or other related topics.

Sample Unauthorized Message: 

Sample pension scam email

What to do with a Phishing Email

If you receive such an email, do not click on any links or download any attachments. Please follow these immediate steps:

  1. Locate the Report shield icon 

  2. Select Report Phishing 

Instructions for reporting phishing via emails

If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact our Kean IT department at 908-737-6000 or submit a ticket via Helpdesk Support Portal

 

Additional Resources 

New Jersey Cybersecurity Webpage - Pension Plan Help Scams 

 

Questions?

The HR benefits team is here to support you and your financial well-being. If you have questions regarding retirement planning resources, the retirement process or your benefits in general, contact us: