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Detecting and Reporting Fraudulent UI Claims: Fighting UI Fraud is Everyone’s Job

July 01, 2020 by Savio Human Resources

The COVID-19 crisis has made the environment ripe for fraud.  States’ UI systems are being overwhelmed with record numbers of new and weekly claims; they have staffed up rapidly to process claims; however, there has not been time to train new or contracted employees on how to identify suspicious claims. With an urgency to pay claims quickly, states have waived their one week waiting period. The waiting period is used by states to validate and investigate claim eligibility; and with many employers working remotely, no one is there to timely respond to the UI notices that come by mail. Savio…

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Detecting and Reporting Fraudulent UI Claims: Fighting UI Fraud is Everyone’s Job

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July 01, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has made the environment ripe for fraud.  States’ UI systems are being overwhelmed with record numbers of new and weekly claims; they have staffed up rapidly to process claims; however, there has […]

Instructions to Identify Theft Victim

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June 22, 2020

MDES provided us with instructions that if a victim has received a MDES debit card, the debit card should be shredded immediately and your employee’s email their name, phone number, date debit card was received […]

Reporting Fraudulent Claim to MDES

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June 22, 2020

Send an email to safe@mdes.ms.gov with the employees’ name and last four digits of their social security number. This email should contain this or similar language: “We would like to report a fraudulent identity theft claim filed […]