A New EDD Scam Text

Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 11:51 am

I had another EDD (Employment Development Department) text message today. As I’ve shared before EDD does not send out text messages.

This scam goes along with the credit card scams that have been happening over the last several years. It states your card has been temporarily suspended.

The scam text

The sender

The text was sent from what looks like an email address. The address was the following: 37044@california.me .

To me, the fact that it was sent from a generic email address is a dead giveaway. EDD should have a dot gov or dot ca dot gov account. I’m also not certain if the EDD even sends emails, to be honest. When I dealt with them years ago everything was done over the phone.

The text message

The text message was pretty straightforward and to the point.

The text has a short URL link to direct you to a site that is stated to help re-activate your card.

Here’s the thing

As I mentioned before EDD does not send out text messages. So we know it’s a scam. Also since it has a familiar tone to the credit card scams it should give you pause.

This is a scam text as far as I know the EDD or the bank that issues the debit cards for your EDD payments can not suspend your card without your permission.

That being said if you suspect your card has been compromised, lost, or stolen you would contact EDD yourself to report it.

Here’s another EDD scam text to watch out for

What you can do

You can report these scam texts to your service provider (if your company offers that service.) You can also just delete the text without replying.

If your service provider offers blocking services you might be able to block the call or email (when possible).

You can also report these to the EDD.

https://edd.ca.gov/en/about_edd/fraud

Just because this is happening here in California doesn’t mean it won’t happen nationwide. So let’s get the word out.