Scammers often impersonate officials from various government
agencies to get your personal information. The Social Security Administration (SSA)
is one of those agencies. Here are some recently reported techniques scammers
use when they impersonate Social Security employees.
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SSN’s are
not suspended. Scammers claiming to be from the SSA call and tell you that your
Social Security Number (SSN) has been suspended due to fraud or some other
criminal activity. To reactivate your number, you will have to answer some
questions about your personal information. As usual, this is just a scheme to
get your personal information for identity theft. SSN’s are never suspended.
FTC- https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2018/09/your-social-security-number-isnt-suspended-ever
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SSA
Customer Service number being used in spoofing by scammers. The Social
Security Administration has received reports that people have received phone
calls from callers claiming to be from SSA and showing the SSA’s 1-800 number
on their caller-ID screen. The scammers are spoofing the SSA’s phone number to
lend more credibility that they are from the Social Security Administration. SSA
reminds everyone that they do not call citizens on the phone for customer
service purposes and will never threaten you for personal information. SSA- https://blog.ssa.gov/inspector-general-warns-public-about-caller-id-spoofing-scheme-misusing-ssa-customer-service-number/
For more information about imposter scams check out this link,
Federal Trade Commission:
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