Unemployment fraud warning

Over 20 cases in the Rochester area recently

Corona stinger unemployment fraud has become an unexpected side effect of the coronavirus pandemic there have been more than 20 reports of it here in olmsted county... from both county and city law enforcement officials.

Kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live from the rochester police department with a warning officers want us to hear.

Jessica.

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Officers tell me it's becoming a significant problem.

The police department says criminals are filing for unemployment insurance in another person's name as well as using that person's social security number.

The victim will then receive a letter from the unemployment office even though they didn't file for unemployment.

The police department says unfortunately it can be difficult to protect yourself from this type of scam.

Some people's information is out there and seasoned criminals are able to access it on what they call ?

"(the dark web.

<it's hard to protect yourself from something like this is your information is already out there.

One thing people can do is put alerts on their information with credit bureaus so that can protect them from false information being put on credit reports> to also try and protect yourself you can make sure to frequently change your passwords and work with you credit bureau to put alerts on your account.

Live in rochester jessica bringe kimt news three.

Thanks, jessica.

So what should you do if you're a victim of fraud?

Police say immediately file a report online so you'll have the report readily available.

You should also notify the unemployment office and your employer.

We have a link to all this information on kimt?

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