Pennsylvania officials say scammers are targeting the state's unemployment system.Department of Labor and Industry officials said their anti-fraud unit discovered the problem over the holiday weekend."What we found was individuals were receiving the checks and turned them in to us because they had never filed for unemployment," said Susan Dickinson, director of unemployment policy for the Department of Labor and Industry.The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program is supposed to help self-employed and gig workers. But officials said it's become a target of scammers seeking to profit off the pandemic."It brings out the best in people and the worst in people and we're seeing some of the worst in people with scams," Labor and Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak said.On the Labor and Industry Facebook page, a woman posted that someone used her 16-year-old daughter's identity to fraudulently obtain benefits."We want to assure everyone, particularly people who have submitted information through our unemployment compensation program, that none of L&I's systems or data have been breached," Oleksiak said.Officials would not say how many fraudulent claims have been filed. Oleksiak said 359,000 people have filed for PUA benefits and $596 million in benefits have been paid.Because of the scammers, legitimate PUA beneficiaries will start getting payments by mail instead of direct deposit. Oleksiak said that will mean delays."We anticipate a very low number of valid PUA claim payments will be held up as a result of these anti-fraud efforts," he said.Officials emphasized that anyone receiving an unemployment check that they did not apply for should return the check to the state. The return address information can be found here.Legitimate PUA beneficiaries who do not receive checks should send an email to ucpua@pa.gov.