Over the past week, many companies have received fraudulent unemployment claims filed on behalf of current employees. These claims were filed by fraudsters who are trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington alone has received at least $1.6 million in fraudulent claims amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing government agencies to delay payments as they try to sort through the mess.
Filing an unemployment claim requires much of the same information one needs to get a loan. As a result, there is an increased risk that an individual’s identity may be used to get a loan in their name. To help protect you, SDPEBA has partners with Aura Identity Guard to provide identity theft protection to active and retired employees.
Aura Identity Guard provides users with features like credit monitoring, threat alerts, Dark Web monitoring, safe browsing, anti-phishing, risk management assistance, and cyberbullying tools to keep entire families safe from cyber harm. In the event cybercrime does affect your family, Identity Guard’s in-house, U.S.-based remediation experts are available around-the-clock to help identify issues and restore your identity; a $1 million insurance policy helps keep you protected from financial consequences you might experience.
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