In the past 3 months, more than 44 million Americans have filed for unemployment, and as local officials rush to provide benefits for jobless citizens, fraudsters are having a field day. Spikes in unemployment fraud have spread across the United States, and scammers have been relentlessly filing for unemployment benefits during the Coronavirus crisis.
According to a report from Q6 Cyber, cyber criminals on Dark Web forums and marketplaces have been promoting the best techniques for stealing unemployment benefits from unsuspecting citizens. Go-to service providers offer a range of tutorials, personal identifiable information, documents, and even compromised unemployment benefit accounts.
