Fraudulent letters claiming Jewish families may be eligible for Holocaust reparations have arrived at homes across metro Atlanta, including in Sandy Springs, prompting warnings from two organizations based in the city.

The letters are fake.

Sally Levine, executive director of the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, and Stacy Hydrick, director of the Antisemitism Response Network at the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, both declared the correspondence a scam in statements published Tuesday, Aug. 18, according to Rough Draft Atlanta.

The letters come from a group calling itself the "Holocaust Survivors Compensation Program" or "Jewish Holocaust Claims Center" out of Vancouver, B.C. They tell recipients that "your family name has been identified among those potentially eligible for compensation" based on findings from the Claims Resolution Tribunal.

The Claims Conference, the legitimate international organization that administers Holocaust reparations from the German government, posted a notice Aug. 11 stating it is not affiliated with the group behind the letters and has not authorized the communications.

The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust is headquartered at 6110 Blue Stone Road in Sandy Springs, where the city also houses the Georgia Holocaust Memorial and Anne Frank in the World exhibit. The commission has a direct stake: Levine is asking anyone who receives one of the letters to photograph the envelope and email the image to [email protected].

"Claims Conference and law enforcement are investigating and have requested images of the envelopes you received," Levine said. "We will keep you up to date on our progress."

One anonymous recipient told Rough Draft Atlanta the letter contained several mistakes but said she was left angry and worried about how scammers obtained her personal information. "Whoever sold them this list, and whoever set up the whole mailing, scares me," she said.

Hydrick said the Jewish Federation is working with the commission to ensure community members have accurate information and urged anyone who receives suspicious correspondence about Holocaust reparations not to provide personal details.

The scam letters arrive against a backdrop of antisemitic incidents in the Sandy Springs area. The commission's website notes that residents in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody have previously found plastic bags containing explicit antisemitic flyers left in their driveways.

Sandy Springs is home to Congregation B'nai Torah, a Conservative synagogue on Mt. Vernon Highway with roughly 800 member families, underscoring the size of the local Jewish community that scammers appear to be targeting.

What to do if you receive a letter: Do not share personal or financial information. Do not respond. Photograph the envelope and email the image to [email protected]. The Claims Conference and law enforcement are investigating.