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Slam the SCAM Day

Today is National Slam the scam day. Let's take a moment to educate ourselves so we can help the ones we love by giving them the tools to recognize social security-related scams.

Social Security has given us a few ways to spot signs of a scam:

  1. Scammers pretend to be from a familiar organization or agency, like the Social Security Administration. They may email attachments with official-looking logos, seals, signatures, or pictures of employee credentials.

  2. Scammers mention a problem or a prize. They may say your Social Security number was involved in a crime or ask for personal information to process a benefit increase.

  3. Scammers pressure you to act immediately. They may threaten you with arrest or legal action.

  4. Scammers tell you to pay using a gift card, prepaid debit card, cryptocurrency, wire or money transfer, or by mailing cash. They may also tell you to transfer your money to a “safe” account.

Make sure you report a scam so we can stop it happening to others!

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