Treasure Coast woman locked out of Florida unemployment site, causes delays in payments

A Treasure Coast woman says for the second time, she’s being locked out of accessing her account with the state’s unemployment system and cannot collect benefits.

BECAUSE SHE CAN'T SEEM TOCONVINCE THE STATE OF HERIDENTITY.

WPTV NEWSCHANNELFIVE'S MATT SCZESNY SPOKE WITHHER AND FOUND OUT AN ODDREASON ABOUT WHY IT MAY BEHAPPENING TO OTHERS.<<“LOCKED AND THATSAYS ITS LOCKED” ELIZABETHBOUNAKES OF STUART HAS HAD NOWWAY TO ACCESS HER UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFIT ACCOUNT FOR OVER AMONTH NOW“APPARENTLY,WHOEVER KEYED IN MY NAME FROMMY PAPER APPLICATIONMISSPELLED MY NAME” IT WAS APROBLEM ELIZABETH SAYS SHETHOUGHT WAS FIXED IN MAYÃBUTWEEKS LATER THE IDENTITY ISSUEPOPPED UP AGAIN CUTTING HEROFF.“THATGETTING BACK TO” SO, WEREACHED OUT TO THE EXPERTS &THE LOCAL DJUNEMPLOYMENT TROUBLE SHOOTERSÃAND GOT THIS SURPRISINGANSWER IT MAY BE ABOUT THEFIRST DIGIT OF A SOCIALSECURITY NUMBER.“ONE THING WESAW IS ABOUT 95 PERCENT OF THEPEOPLE LOCKED OUT OF THEIRACCOUNT ARE FROM OUT OF STATETHEY WERENOF FLORIDA.

REALLY.

I CAN TELLA LOT OF TIMES IT HAS A ZEROAND ZERO MEANS NEW YORK” AELIZABETH HAS A ZEROÃHERZERO IS FROM MASSACHUSETTS.AND ZERO IS EXACTLY WHERESHEPHONE AND ONLINE.“ITHEM TWO OR THREE TIMES MYDRIVERSECURITY NUMBER TO THE SPECIALIDENTITY EMAIL AND WITH A NOTEPLEASE UNLOCK” WE SENT ANEMAIL TO DEO IN TALLAHASSEEABOUT UNLOCKING ELIZABETHACCOUNTÃTHE ONLY REPLY ISTHEY WILL LOOK INTO IT.

INSTUART, MS, WPTV, NC5.