You may have received a pesky call from someone claiming to be from the Social Security Administration. And while many people hang up, others do get duped, to the tune of millions of dollars. These are the warning signs to watch for.
Last year, individuals lost millions of dollars to fraudsters who claimed they worked for the Social Security Administration.Here's what you need to know before falling prey to scammers.If your phone rings and someone says it's the Social Security Administration, it probably isn't.And because these scams, which try to dupe unsuspecting individuals into coughing up money are becoming more prevalent, the government is taking action.
The agency has dubbed Thursday, March 5, as "Slam the Scam Day," in a campaign to raise public awareness. That's as individuals reported losing almost $153 million to government imposter schemes in 2019, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Of that, more than $37 million was attributed toThe 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 messages that use the same language as the scam robo-calls, as well as emails with documents that look legitimate, are now popping up. "Despite all of our efforts, people will continue to fall victim to government imposters," said Gail Ennis, inspector general at the Social Security Administration. "As we take one scammer down, another will pop up in their place.There are certain hallmarks that can tip you off that the phone call is fraudulent.
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