Somebody Havked My Info & Filed For Unemployment

[LFD2037]

You have to call them to unfreeze it. I had to do this a year ago. You can unfreeze it for a day, a week or indefinitely.

Thanks & done. I find it odd the "freeze" process isn't the normal process from each creditor. I have zero qualms w/them having to contact me to release my credit credentials.

[LFD2037]

Question:
Won't these unemployment checks have to be mailed to an address? Why can't the law just go there & bust them? I don't get how they get away w/it.

[cj_sandman]

That sucks. Sorry to hear it.

[Bullydog]

Question:
Won't these unemployment checks have to be mailed to an address? Why can't the law just go there & bust them? I don't get how they get away w/it.

They can be direct deposited into bank accounts. This is where stopping it early, can hopefully stop it. At some point, the scammers are able to somehow notify TWC and "update" the bank account info for the payments to go to.

[Bullydog]

Question:
Won't these unemployment checks have to be mailed to an address? Why can't the law just go there & bust them? I don't get how they get away w/it.

Also, chances are they dont have a US address.

[LFD2037]

They can be direct deposited into bank accounts. This is where stopping it early, can hopefully stop it. At some point, the scammers are able to somehow notify TWC and "update" the bank account info for the payments to go to.

Absurd.

[Cox1]

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/pandemic-unemployment-benefits-fraud-could-top-200b-firm-says

[Cox1]

Unfortunately to me this fraud as reported in story above appears to be hundreds of BILLIONS of our dollars being used to fund criminals and possibly our enemies abroad..

[LFD2037]

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/...200b-firm-says

That's a ton of money going to thieves! ~27% of the $11.9B paid out in California alone. Crazy.

[tpack]

You have to call them to unfreeze it. I had to do this a year ago. You can unfreeze it for a day, a week or indefinitely.

I locked mine last week. Credit Karma sent me an email saying my email information and password on their website (and many others) had been breached . I didn`t take any chances and went ahead and locked it.

[Spino~]

I bet that if crimes were enforced by strict laws there would be less crimes happening. I had my identity stolen a few years back and had to go through so much **** to regain my status that it was very time consuming, to add ~ The older I get the less tolerant I get...

[Tbuddyandroby]

They got me, too... I was getting texts from TWC asking me to verify I requested benefits. I erased the texts thinking they were spam, until HR called me... I also did all of the mentioned above, and still haven't heard back from TWC.

[C-dubyah]

It could be a co-worker. I worked for a company and would leave at lunchtime to go workout. I would leave my wallet in my lunchbox in my office because I had my gym locker broke into before. Well, my co-worker in the office next to mine decided it was a good idea to go through my wallet, steal my credit card, hand it off to his cousin who went and bought $1500 worth of merchandise at Academy. He was a project manager too. So you never know what someone might be willing to do even if you know them well.

[ptlmg]

Had the same thing happen to me. Sad thing is that they even approved me for unemployment compensation.

[HoustonHunter94]

My boss just called me and said he got a call from HR asking if he filed. Sounds like it is pretty rampent out there right now. I heard yesterday that CA has paid out several BILLIONS of dollars in fraud unemployment claims. What a racket and sad thing is, I never hear of anyone ever being held accountable for this.