TDLR Issues Fraud Warning to Cosmetology Licensees
PCS Notice to Renew Certification is Deceptive
February 12, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Susan Stanford
512-463-3208
AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) is alerting its more than 158,000 cosmetology licensees about a mailing from an organization calling itself “Professional Certification Service” (PCS) that targets professional cosmetologists with a request for payment for a supposed certification.
“We want to make sure our cosmetology license population does not fall prey to fraudulent activity. This notice is meant to confuse and deceive as to exactly what a person sending $53 of their hard-earned money will receive,” says William Kuntz, Executive Director of TDLR. “Cosmetologists work hard and to have people scheme to steal their money is despicable. The letters, which have been reported in Tennessee and across the state of Texas, are under investigation by the Department.”
TDLR is not connected to nor is it a party to the PCS notice. Cosmetology licensees who receive the notice should:
- Disregard the PCS notice;
- Renew their TDLR cosmetology license online at http://www.license.state.tx.us/cosmet/cosmetforms.htm#online;
- Warn co-workers there are thieves trying to take money from honest, law-abiding cosmetologists!
TDLR works to protect the health and wellbeing of consumers and ensure a fair business environment for industries and professionals licensed and regulated by the Department.
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