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Sometimes called a "budget letter" or proof of income letter, the benefit verification statement from Social Security is used for several different instances where proof of your status or income is...
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
The fake CAPTCHA scam shows how messy the internet’s ad system has become, with everyone involved passing the buck. Guardio Labs points to ad networks like Monetag as a big part of the problem.
The SSA says it implements strict verification and security features to keep your information safe. You can also call Social Security at 800-772-1213 or contact your local Social Security office.
The fraudster can then use the fake identity to acquire driver's licenses, passports and other real ID as well as credit cards and other accounts. It is estimated that synthetic ID fraud accounts for 80% of all credit card fraud losses, and will increase 44% between 2014 and 2018, rising from $5 billion in annual losses to a projected $8 billion.
A proof of funds (POF) is a document such as a bank statement proving that a person or a company has the financial ability to perform a transaction or meet a potential future liability. The POF can be issued by a bank, a financial institution or a trade finance provider.
In this way, the IRS uses Form W-2 as a way to track an employee's tax liability, and the form has come to be seen as a formal proof of income. The Social Security Administration, court proceedings, and applications for federal financial aid for college all use Form W-2 as proof of income. [4]
A recent Wells Fargo survey found that a third (34%) of affluent millennials sometimes lie or exaggerate about their income, savings or spending to maintain an appearance of financial success, and ...