Protecting What’s Important to You
Reading Time: 1 MinuteLast Updated: June 30, 2021
Unfortunately, scams are a part of our current reality. Scammers are always thinking of different ways to trick their targets, coming up with various ways to try to steal your information, identity, and benefits. They depend on you not knowing about their methods.
We always say that preparation begins with information. Being informed about the latest scams and knowing the signs can go a long way toward staying a step ahead of them. Check out our infographic to learn how you can help us protect your information.
Also, stay up to date by reading our blog series on scams:
- Inspector General Warns Public About Social Security Advisory Board-Related Scam
- Inspector General Warns Public About Caller ID “Spoofing” of Social Security Fraud Hotline Phone Number
- How You Can Help Social Security Protect Your Information
Every day, people get tricked into sending money or giving out personal information. Don’t be one of them! Together, you and Social Security can thwart the scammers’ efforts.
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Mike Korbey, Deputy Commissioner for Communications
Mike Korbey, Deputy Commissioner for Communications
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Connie N.
I just received a phone call from a saa office stating I was being inspected of fraud . He said my place of where my ssi number was first activated was incorrect and I should get a good criminal lawyer. Please help me figure this out.
Mary M.
It’s a scam. Do no such thing. You don’t need a lawyer.
Ann C.
Thanks for checking in with us, Connie. We do not usually make random calls. If anyone receives calls saying they are from Social Security, do not give out any personal information. Suspicious calls should be reported to the Office of the Inspector General at 1-800-269-0271 or online. You can also report these scams to the Federal Trade Commission through a site specific to Social Security scams, here. We hope this helps.
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Barbara N.
I received a call today from someone who said my social security was being stopped unless I called: 551 306 3166, no name. Now I am sending it to you.
I wasn’t born yesterday so I know it’s a scam, and now you know too.
Thank you,
Chicago IL
Ann C.
Thanks, Barbara. Suspicious calls should be reported to the Office of the Inspector General at 1-800-269-0271 or online. You can also report these scams to the Federal Trade Commission through a site specific to Social Security scams, here. Thanks again for helping us fight fraud.
tony
I think the biggest scam senior on Social Security will face is the Medicare-For-All proposed by the Democrats. They already said that everyone will pay more for it. Senior will like see higher increases in Part B premium. What ever COLA they receive will go to pay for Part B premium increases. We have to vote the Democrats out of office. They are a danger to our Medicare.
The Democrats want to fix Social Security by raising taxes. Raising taxes won’t fix the problem we have of them borrowing our Social Security trust fund and not paying it back. They will not have to pay back the money they already borrowed and will keep borrowing more money from it since they now have more money to borrow.
Mary R.
I don’t think there’s any doubt that this card came from some insurance company that handles Medicare Advantage plans. It’s sales ploy, and nothing else.
Kevin S.
Hello, my name is Kevin Smith and I have been scammed and my entire phone has been hacked/compromised by hacking my best family friends Messenger and FB and these scammers are using using the IRS as well as a Federal Grant employee program whom stated that I qualified for a 45k Federal grant but stated that it would cost me $1200.00 and that I would receive this “so called” 45k 24 hours. Can you please help me as well as to know if there is a way to get my money back..??
214-558-6513
SS last 4; 4500
Barbara e.
There are so many “scammers” out there now that I have become paranoid of a lot of the mail I receive From bake ads on TV, in magazines, phone calls (which I don’t answer unless I am familiar with the number or person). Just yesterday I received a small folded card stating 2020 Medicare Update, and it wants me to send part of the card back to “National Processing Center” in Myrtle Beach, SC. It is about New Coverage Benefits available and asks for information about Medicare Advantage plans with Extra Benefits. Is this legitimate? How are we to be sure? Just in case, I am NOT sending it back. Will I be missing out on something good? I have no idea.
Gail M.
I went my local Social Security ofc recently bcuz of phrase calls…reporting I had my #compromised.NOT….just blocked and deleted msg
Gail M.
I went my local Social Security ofc recently bcuz of phrase calls…reporting I had my #compromised.NOT….just baked and deleted msg
tony
People Social Security number don’t pay much on the dark market. They only get $1 on the black market.
Financial credit card institutions know where you live if you have a credit card. They know that they will never be able to sue you for the money sending the credit card to a PO Box you don’t own.
I had a friend whose brother did 5 years for identity theft. When he got out, he went back to the same thing. He steals people’s mail and gets their Social Security number.
Your Social Security number use to be on your Medicare card, but Medicare doesn’t use it anymore. What they do is steal the Social Security statement telling you how much you will get every month toward the end of the year. At the beginning of the year, they steal the 1099 that Social Security mails to everyone. They also steal their employer W-2 and 1099 that is mail to them.
They steal the pre-approved credit card applications that is mailed to you and fills it out with you Social Security number and address and untraceable prepaid phone number to activate the new card. They mail it off and wait to steal the new credit card mailed to you.
They have state of the art printers to make fake IDs. They heat and remove the hologram off the real identification card.
These robo calls are usually to extort money from you, not steal your identity. They want you to purchase prepaid debit cards and give them the card information. You have to be really dumb to do this.
The next stupid thing you can do is getting a money order and sending it to them. They don’t want personal check. The funds are prepaid for the money order. They can cash it anywhere including the Quik Stop Mart.
If they do get your personal information and Social Security number, then they will call you back later and try to extort money from you with the information they have. They will threaten to steal your identity or come after you if you don’t pay.
Social Security hasn’t help seniors protect their Social Security number with the statement and 1099 form they mail each year.
These criminals are not robbing the master key from the mailman just to steal tax return and welfare checks. The want the 1099, W-2 forms, and preapproved credit card applications.
Floyd H.
Not everybody has a computer or laptop (believe or not). If they receive a scam phone call, who do they call with the information that was requested?
I do have a computer.
Ann C.
Hi, Floyd. Thanks for checking in with us. We do not usually make random calls. If anyone receives calls saying they are from Social Security, do not give out any personal information. Suspicious calls should be reported to the Office of the Inspector General at 1-800-269-0271 or online. You can also report these scams to the Federal Trade Commission through a site specific to Social Security scams, here. We hope this helps.