Utahns question whether census survey flyer is legit or fake

MILLCREEK — A mailer demanding personal information is showing up in mailboxes in Utah. A Millcreek man who got the letter says he’s worried it was sent by an identity thief. So he decided to Get Gephardt.

Once every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau counts the number of people living in the United States. That number determines how many representatives a state gets in Congress. But 2025 is not a census year.

It is legit

So, you can understand why Steve Jensen is concerned that an out-of-the-blue mailer from the Census Bureau might be a fake sent by scammers.

“Your address has been randomly selected,” Jensen read from the flyer. “It is a mid-term census request.”…

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