Is that unemployment call real or fake? - WKBW.
For example, when employees at the New York Department of Labor began calling people with incomplete unemployment applications, they released a statement to educate the public about avoiding phone scams. They shared that “anyone calling from the Department of Labor will verify their identity by providing the date you filed your unemployment insurance application and the type of claim you.The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning of a “large-scale scam erupting in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic” involving impostors who are filing claims for unemployment benefits.Attorney General Josh Shapiro is warning Pennsylvanians about a new unemployment scam. Scammers are taking advantage of the historic rise in unemployment by using fake unemployment-filing websites, he said. Scams target the most vulnerable in society. And right now many who are out of work and worried are the targets. Don’t take the bait.
An advisory was issued by New York State Attorney General Letitia James outlining the reported scam which stated “Individuals who have been contacted by the New York State Department of Labor.An advisory was issued by New York State Attorney General Letitia James outlining the reported scam. It stated, “Individuals who have been contacted by the New York State Department of Labor.
Washington's race to help newly laid-off residents as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the economy left it vulnerable to such scams, and last week officials hinted at the scope of the damage done.
