Social Security & You
By Brandon P. Smith, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist
Social Security scams are widespread across the United States. Scammers use sophisticated tactics to deceive you into providing sensitive information or money. They target everyone — especially the elderly — and their tactics continue to evolve.
Here are five easy-to-use resources to prevent Social Security fraud:
- Check out our Fraud Prevention and Reporting page to learn about Social Security fraud, and how we fight scammers, at ssa.gov/fraud.
- Read our Scam Alert fact sheet to learn what tactics scammers use and how to protect yourself
- Create your own personal my Social Security account to stay one step ahead of scammers. Please read our blog post at for more information about creating or signing in to your personal my Social Security account.
- Learn about other types of fraud on our Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) Scam Awareness page. You’ll also see how to report these scams to our OIG and other government agencies.
- Read our blog post to learn how to guard your Social Security card and protect your personal information.
Please share this information with your friends and family to help spread awareness about Social Security imposter scams.
James
I am not satisfied with the position of the authorities, because when the bank makes a mistake, they can cancel the payments, and when the client makes a mistake in someone’s direction, it often takes long proceedings! Why not turn on the whole system and in case of fraud withdraw funds from accounts