Nigerian Scammers File Bogus Jobless Claims In U.S.
May 17, 2020
6:02 am
A Labour office in New York: Nigerian scammers steals millions of dollars in jobless claims
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a vast fraud ring of suspected Nigerian hackers using bogus unemployment claims to steal hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars intended to help jobless Americans.
The crime ring is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis by flooding overwhelmed state unemployment offices with bogus claims in the names of Americans who are still working, according to a memo reported by Krebs on Security.
The memo, sent to Secret Service field offices on Thursday, said that βsubstantial amount of the …
