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I was on unemployment from 4/1 - 9/1. Wasn't bad when we were getting $1,050 a week but it dropped to $450 and it's tough to live on that in California. Fortunately I had "saved for a rainy day" so I was fine, never missed a house payment and kept credit cards at $0.
Recently I got an email from EDD (unemployment) saying I needed to update my account at ID.me or my benefits would be canceled (I wasn't receiving them anyway). I checked and there were no payments past Sept 1st so no hacking involved.
I had to upload my driver's license to the website and then it sent a text with a link to my cell phone where it scanned my face and compared it to the picture on my license. I have to say I felt a little bit of a "Big Brother" moment and hoped it wasn't a scam. Checked websites and verification and it's definitely a "thing" with California EDD due to so much fraud. I guess at least they're trying to clean things up.
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