Scammers Continue to Target Alabama Nurses

Attention: Alabama Nurses

The Alabama Board of Nursing (ABN) continues to receive reports of attempts to defraud Alabama nurses through a number of schemes. These scammers are able to spoof phone numbers and forge documents to give the appearance of official contact from the ABN. Please be assured that no ABN employee would ever ask you to “tell no one of an investigation” or request immediate payment of any fee or fine. Everyone is entitled to due process, and the ABN adheres to formal procedures, including sending each nurse a written Notice of Investigation, when investigating complaints.

If you receive contact from someone claiming to be an ABN investigator, please note the caller’s information and contact the ABN at abn@abn.alabama.gov. Do not give money or personal information to these individuals, as we have your information on file at the ABN.

Please note: Scammers have been targeting nurses, using the schemes like the one described above, for quite some time. There is no indication that this activity is related to the recent cybersecurity incident. These scammers are also known to use a variety of identifying information, including NPI numbers, which the ABN does not collect, so it is clear that they have been able to access resources other than publicly available licensure information.