Form I-9 E-mail Scam

Several employers have received scam e-mails requesting Form I-9 information that appear to come from USCIS. Please note that although employers must have a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, for every person on their payroll, they are not required to submit Forms I-9 to USCIS. I-9 Central  is a valuable resource for employers to learn more about retention, storage, and inspections for Form I-9.

According to USCIS:

These scam emails come from a fraudulent email address: news@uscis.gov. This is not a USCIS email address. The body of the email may contain USCIS and Office of the Inspector General labels, your address and a fraudulent download button that links to a non-government web address (uscis-online.org). Do not respond to these emails or click the links in them.”

USCIS is asking employers to report to the Federal Trade Commission, if they believe that they have received a scam email requesting Form I-9 information from USCIS. If the employers are not sure if the e-mail they have received is fraudulent, please forward the suspicious email to the USCIS webmaster. The e-mail will then be reviewed by USCIS.