The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning that scammers are spoofing the Social Security toll-free number to call folks and request that they verify personal information to receive a benefits increase: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2018/10/hang-spoofed-ssa-calls.

 

Be sure to alert your clients to this scam and if they receive such a call, they should hang up immediately and report it to SSA’s Office of Inspector General at 1-800-269-0271 or https://oig.ssa.gov/report.  

 

Brandy Bauer

Associate Director, Center for Benefits Access

Office: 571-527-3911

xxxxxx@ncoa.org

 

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