Though email scams and phone scams were the most populartypes of fraudin 2023, according to the FTC, text messages, at number three, weren't far behind.4And phony letters claiming to be from the SSA continue to be a problem. One text scam warns about a Social Security number problem and...
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Bogus phone calls related to Social Security benefits are among the top scams.The calls often involve people—or robotic voices—pretending to be from the Social Security Administration who try to get your Social Security number or demand money, according to theFederal Trade Commission (FTC). T...
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 know. Learn how to protect your identity, and your Social Security benefits, here. 5 Social Security scams (and how to avoid them) There are a wide ...
By Staff Writer at LMG Security / Nov 2nd, 2023 Social Engineering Scams: Cross-Tenant Impersonation Attacks, Voice Cloning Risks, and MoreFacebook Twitter LinkedIn Social engineering scams are on the rise, and the financial damages are staggering. According to the FBI, in 2022 alone,...
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) - Scam artists are always finding new ways to try and steal money from Americans, especially the most vulnerable ones. Scams involving stealing Social Security numbers are nothing new, but there are some warnings about a new kind of scam that could impact just abou...
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to the Social Security Administration via their fraud hotline: (800) 269-0271.You can also report the fraud online atoig.ssa.gov/report. Note that someone from Social Security won’t contact you by phone unless requested, so any calls claiming to be from Social Security are likelyscams. ...
The Social Security Administration last summer started a new hotline to report scams. Meanwhile, the Department Of Justice has filed civil actions against telecom companies that have knowingly passed along phony calls. Yet those efforts aren’t enough to keep up with the pace of bad actors. Te...
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...