Scam Alert: Look Out For Fake Calls From Social Security
Here's what you need to know.
Every tax season, you hear warnings about phone scammers pretending to be employees with the Internal Revenue Service who are trying to steal your personal information often using threats and bribes. Now, regulators are alerting people about a new “spoofing” scheme involving fake calls from the Social Security Administration.
The SSA’s Office of the Inspector General has issued a warning about a phone scam where identity thieves pretending to be Social Security employees call from the administration’s actual customer service line, which is known as “spoofing.”
The calls will even look like they are coming from the SSA’s general customer service line: 800-772-1213.
The caller will either claim that your SSA file lacks important personal data, suc...