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May 8, 2020

Meant to Combat ID Theft, Unemployment Benefits Letter Prompts ID Theft Worries

This post was originally published on this siteMillions of Americans now filing for unemployment will receive benefits via a prepaid card issued by U.S. Bank, a Minnesota-based financial institution that handles unemployment payments for more than a dozen U.S. states. Some of these unemployment applications will trigger an automatic letter from U.S. Bank to the applicant. The letters are intended to prevent identity theft, but many people are mistaking these vague missives for a notification that someone has hijacked their identity. So far this month, two KrebsOnSecurity readers have forwarded scans of form letters they received via snail mail that […]