I just received this from a follower. Her company received this from their credit union so I thought I would share it here.
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Unemployment Scams
Several reports of a large-scale fraud scheme against state
unemployment insurance programs have surfaced. The primary states
targeted so far are Washington, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Florida. However it is possible all states
are affected. Scammers are making deposits from these state
unemployment insurance funds to accounts across the country. The names
on the deposits often do not match the names of the account owners the
funds are being deposited to. Scammers then attempt to trick account
holders into sending the funds to the scammer in the form of a gift card or
prepaid debit card.
Here are two ways these fraudsters will try
to trick you.
They will contact you about
receiving money for your business as part of the Cares Act. Once
the funds are in your account, they will ask you to send some of it
back to them in the form of money orders, gift cards or prepaid debit
cards.
They will deposit funds
directly into your account. Scammers will contact you stating you
received these unemployment benefits as a mistake and request that you
send the funds back to them in the form of money orders, gift cards or
prepaid debit cards.
In order to protect our members from becoming victims of this
scheme, we are monitoring deposits to accounts where the name on the
deposit and the name(s) on the account do not match. If you notice a
deposit to your account that you were not expecting, please contact us
immediately.
As a reminder - The vast majority of people who request payment
by way of gift card or prepaid debit card are not legitimate.
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