New Mexico RLD Warns of Fraudulent Emails Impersonating State Employees

According to RLD, the spoofed messages may appear to originate from official email addresses or may use the names and job titles of department employees.

Source: N.M. Regulation & Licensing Department (via Facebook)
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The New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department is warning the public about fraudulent emails being sent by individuals impersonating department employees.

According to RLD, the spoofed messages may appear to originate from official email addresses or may use the names and job titles of department employees. Some messages may also reference an enforcement matter or alleged code violation.

The department is advising recipients to exercise caution before responding to unexpected messages or clicking links contained in them.

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RLD said emails sent directly by its employees will use addresses ending in:

@rld.nm.gov

Anyone who receives a questionable message claiming to come from an RLD employee can independently verify the sender by contacting the employee through the department’s official staff directory.

Recipients should avoid relying on contact information or links contained within a suspicious message when attempting to verify its authenticity.

The warning comes as unauthorized individuals continue to use the appearance of official government communications to make fraudulent messages appear legitimate.