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Social Security benefits are an essential part of your retirement finances, so be sure to watch for these scams.
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 ...
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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. Text...
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Common Social Security Scams Sometimes the goal of a Social Security scam is to steal the victim's identity so the impersonator can open a new credit card or bank account or even receive benefits in the victim's name. In other instances, the caller will demand money from the victim directly...