Learn how to protect yourself and how Microsoft Defender is helping to prevent fraud. See: National Public Data breach: What you need to know. If your Social Security number is exposed in a breach or leak, it's important that you act quickly to prevent identity...
the agency's workforce hit a 25-year low as the number of people claiming benefits kept going up. When we took a close look at Social Security's annual reports to congress, we discovered something else has been going up as well: the amount of money the agen...
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time “insurance” was highly regarded as “safe”. He knew full well that this was a fraud because there was nothing “saved” to pay benefits. It should have been obvious to the rubes when the first (white) woman “retired” after making one tax payment into “social security insurance...
If someone uses your Social Security Number in a police report for a crime they’ve committed, you’ll end up with a criminal record while the fraudster walks away scot-free. A criminal record can greatly impact your employment options, limit your voting rights, and curtail travel (difficul...
Reporting Social Security fraud to the police can strengthen your case in certain instances. While the police don’t specialize in identity theft, they have access to information that can increase your chances of finding the culprit who committed fraud. ...
four people who reported losing money to fraud since 2021 pointed to social media as the origin of the scam. Americans lose money to fraud on social media platforms more than any other method of communication, including websites, phone calls, e-mails, online advertising or mail, the FTC ...
Placing a fraud alert and obtaining your credit reports Reporting the identity theft to theFederal Trade Commission (FTC) Filing a report with your local police department (optional)9 6. Contact the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) You may also want to contact theInternal Revenue Service (IRS)if...
incidents to Social Security's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) using the onlineSSA Scam Reporting Form. The OIG has warned that some of these impersonation calls have "spoofed" the SSA's national fraud hotline phone number, displaying +1-800-269-0271 as the incoming number on caller ...
4. Social Security Fraud by Mail While the rise of scams perpetrated electronically, and thus cheaply, has reduced the volume of Social Security fraud by mail, the practice has not entirely vanished. One such scheme is a direct mail scamthat primarily targets older people. A letter, appearin...