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These situations can occur for a variety of reasons, from agency errors to beneficiary fraud. In fact, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Office of the Inspector General estimated that ...
Last summer the Social Security Administration issued a warning about a rise in artificial intelligence-generated fraud to scam seniors out of their benefits. One SSA official told U.S. House ...
Social engineering in used to panic recipients so a greater number will respond to the scammer. [5] The calls purport to originate from the Social Security Administration and claim that the victim's Social Security number has been or will shortly be suspended for reasons including money laundering, drug dealing and fraud linked to the SSN. [6]
This NY man, 41, was on the verge of homelessness after his $97,000 Social Security disability-benefits check was stolen from the mail — how to protect yourself from check fraud in 2025
While the establishment of Social Security predated the invention of the modern digital computer, punched card data processing was a mature technology, and the Social Security system made extensive use of automated unit record equipment from the program's inception. This allowed the Social Security Administration to achieve a high level of ...
The United States Social Security Administration accepts reports from the public for the following types of fraud: [4] Applicants who state they are not married when they are. Those receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) can have their benefits reduced by their spouse's income and assets, so some applicants may wish to hide the existence ...
Social Security fraud is nothing new -- it's been going on for decades -- but the tools used to commit it are ever-changing. The latest tool, artificial intelligence, might be the most powerful ...
Contact your bank or credit card company if you paid a scammer to report a fraudulent charge. If you sent cash by mail, contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and ask them to intercept the ...