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The mystery surrounding it creates a lot of curiosity among people and the chances are that you’re one of them as well. If you haven't been hit yet, I highly suggest you change your PIN numbers on any of your benefit accounts.If you spend most of your time online (who doesn’t, really?), you might have come across the term dark web before. I also called the 79th precinct of the NYPD in Brooklyn and they don't take crime reports over the phone(?) I also filed a detailed crime report with the Brooklyn branch of the NY State Attorney General's office.Įvidently this is far reaching and larger than I thought as when I was at Social Services filing my claim this morning and the case worker told me someone had posted a list of accounts on the dark web and that it opened up a flood gate of theft. I took it a step further and called the FBI as it's an interstate crime and they weren't interested in the slightest. Files claims with EBT, Social Services (I did it in person as I didn't know if the claim form was online), your local police dept.

Steps you should take if this happens to you. They cancelled my card and are issuing me a new one.


They said they were aware of the problem and that it would take 25 days minimum to process. I called EBT (the debit card distributor) and made a claim. Scrolling down to the comments, I saw that there were at least 25-30 people that this happened to all over the country in at least 5 states since July of this year mostly on or right after the first of the month. Throop Food Market, 664 Greene Ave in BedStuy neighborhood.Īfter further research, I looked them up on Yelp which said they were closed with a bogus phone #. After the benefits were posted at midnight, $405 of food stamps were yanked from my account 3.5 hours later from what was listed as a bodega in Brooklyn, NY. It happened to me on the first of the month.
