Nigerian scammers have been targeting U.S. unemployment systems and COVID-19 relief funds. Scattered Canary used social security numbers and personally identifiable information from identity theft victims to create fake accounts on websites for processing CARES Act payments. The group has been in this business for at least 11 years, its activity focusing on various types of fraud (tax, unemployment, student aid, social security, romance scams and fake jobs for money muling. At least 174 fraudulent claims for unemployment were filed by the threat actor since April 29 in Washington.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bec-scammers-target-unemployment-and-cares-act-claims/