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09/08/2020
Hundreds of Mystery Unemployment Letters Delivered to Californians; Fraud Suspected
NBC Bay Area
Many unemployed Californians are desperate to hear something -- anything -- from the state unemployment office.
But others are being flooded with dozens -- even hundreds -- of unexpected letters from the Employment Development Department, or EDD.
More concerning, the situation doesn't appear to be just a few mishandled letters. Dozens of people across the state, including Los Angeles and San Diego, are telling NBC Responds about the mystery letters.
NBC Bay Area spoke to several recipients statewide, who all shared a common story: their mailboxes overflowing with letters from EDD, addresssed to someone else.
Carlos Gomez in California City may have the biggest stack of all.
"If I had to guess, probably 200 altogether," he told us.
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