Just found out the hard way that apparently this is a big deal going on right now. Got a letter in the mail from the unemployment office confirming my new password for online access. One problem: I've never contacted the unemployment office. Sounded pretty fishy to me. Called the unemployment office, and they confirm there's a whole lot of this going on right now. Looked at my credit reports and it doesn't look like anybody has opened new credit lines in my name, but I've put a freeze and fraud alerts on my credit. Got the fraud report submitted through their website, we'll see what comes out of it. Gave our payroll person the heads up, and it seems I'm not the only one who has experienced this.
If you get odd letters from your state's unemployment office, don't just dismiss them!
If you get odd letters from your state's unemployment office, don't just dismiss them!