Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released its quarterly Scam Report to Congress. The report provides information about scam trends in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2024… Posted by John McCarthyJuly 18, 2024 ...
Increase Your Social Security Payments Follow these steps to receive the maximum possible Social Security benefit. Rachel HartmanJan. 23, 2025 Don’t Fall for This Social Security Scam Follow best practices to keep your identity and savings well-protected. ...
That's why the Social Security Administration (SSA) regularly issues warnings about the scams that are circulating — so you know what to watch out for. So what are some of the more common Social Security scam tactics, and how can you avoid them? Below, we'll break down what you should...
Increase Your Social Security Payments Follow best practices to keep your identity and savings well-protected. Rachel HartmanJan. 22, 2025 Don’t Fall for This Social Security Scam President Donald Trump has tapped businessman Frank Bisignano as the Social Security Commissioner. What could tha...
Telephone scams are one of the top frauds reported to the SSA. In a typical scam call, the caller (either a real person or an automated robocaller) claims to be from the Social Security Administration. The call may be intimidating—for example, threatening to cut off the recipient's benefi...
Caller name: Social Security - SCAM Caller type: Scammer/Fraudster If you notice we have received against your Social Security number by the federal crime and investigation department we need to talk to you as soon as possible again this call is from Social Security administration number to ...
IRS: 330K Taxpayers Hit by ‘Get Transcript’ Scam August 17, 2015 28 Comments The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) disclosed today that identity thieves abused a feature on the agency’s Web site to pull sensitive data on more than 330,000 potential victims as part of a scheme to file fr...
A Senate hearing Wednesday put the spotlight on Social Security scams that are costing Americans millions of dollars a year. In the last three months alone, the Social Security Administration reports they've gotten nearly 115,000 complaints. Machel and Kyle Anderson became victims of a scam ...
True or false: That email you got from the Social Security Administration is a phishing scam We all know the risks that come with surfing the internet. Spoofed websites, malicious links andmalware are more prevalent than ever. That’s why many people are cautious when handling suspicious corres...
Social Security Scam In 2018, theFederal Trade Commissionbegan receiving multiple reports of calls from scammers claiming to work for the Social Security Administration. During these phone calls, scammers would pose as employees and ask victims to confirm their social security numbers. They attempted...