The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) is warning all users to be aware of a new scam done through phone text messages. These phishing text messages provide a website link to a phony webpage that was designed to look like the actual SC MyBenefits Portal website.
If you receive one of these fake text messages on your phone, do not click on the link. Instead, you should delete the text message.
Never click website links in text messages because they are not typically trustworthy. If you do need to visit a website for any reason, it is always better to open a browser yourself and type in the website address that you want, rather than trusting a link in a text message or email.
To interact with the actual SC MyBenefits Portal page, the official website address is https://dew.sc.gov/.
