Clever new phishing scam targets unemployed New Yorkers By Dan Patterson Unemployment phishing scam explained
A new phishing scam is targeting unemployed New Yorkers, stealing their driver s licenses, Social Security numbers and other personal information in order to resell it on the dark web.
Here s how it works: Victims are lured with authentic-looking text and email messages that link to a carbon copy of the New York State unemployment website. After a victim enters their username and password, the fake site asks for high-quality images of sensitive documents. That gives the cybercriminals access to the person s name, address, phone number, date of birth, driver s license number, Social Security number and email address.