FRAUD/SCAM ALERT
We have recently been contacted by two retirees reporting that they received calls from persons identifying themselves as being representatives of the Pension Fund or the Laborers’ Combined Funds Office, who requested personal financial or other information from the retiree or his or her family members. The retirees also reported they returned calls to numbers which appeared to be from the Laborers’ Combined Funds. Fortunately, in the situations reported to us, the retirees were careful and refused to disclose any personal or pension information.

The Laborers’ Combined Funds Office, the Welfare Fund or the Pension Fund will not call you, send emails or texts requesting information about Pension Fund benefits, or other sensitive personal financial information. Normally, information requests about you or your family members will come from our office by mail. It should always be safe for you to contact our office by telephone about any matter by initiating the call yourself, and dialing one of these numbers for the Laborers’ Fund Office: (412) 263-0900 or (800) 762-1288 during our normal business hours 7:30am-4:30pm Monday through Friday. Even if a legitimate call is made to you from the Fund Office, it would be most safe for you to call back to one of our telephone numbers and ask to speak to the person who tried to reach you. Do not use the feature on your cellular phone which allows you to simply return a call from someone who has left you a voicemail, claiming to be from the Combined Funds.

Most banks and credit card companies advise everyone to beware of an unexpected call, text or email which appears to come from a financial institution, seeking to verify account details, PIN numbers, a verification code or a card security code or account number. Don’t respond or reveal such information. We will never ask for or verify banking information over the phone. If you have any doubt do not release private information to anyone contacting you in such a manner. Call your bank or credit card company on their regular published phone number, or the one which appears on the back of your credit card.