IN CONSUMER NEWS… SCAMMERS ARE REPORTEDLY COMBING THRU NAMES IN NATIONWIDE AND WORLDWIDE DATA BREACHES TRYING TO COLLECT CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS… ACCORDING TO THE STATE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE CRIMINALS SEEM TO BE USING THE SPECIAL “PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE” WHICH WAS SET UP TO DEPLOY BENEFITS TO CONTRACT WORKERS.. . WHO WOULDN’T NORMALLY RECEIVE UNEMPLOYMENT AS ONE METHOD TO COLLECT IDENTITIES.
A BAY AREA WOMAN REPORTED RECEIVING SEVERAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE E-D-D WITH THE NAMES OF OTHER PEOPLE. A SPOKESPERSON FROM THE E-D-D SAYS THE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY DELAY OR EVEN STOP SOME PAYMENTS.
