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Reported IRS and SSA scam calls between 2014 and 2018. Since 2017, there has been a rapid increase in the number of SSA impersonation scam robocalls reported to the Federal Trade Commission. In 2017, 3,200 incidents of SSA scam robocalls were reported to the FTC. In comparison, in 2018 over 35,000 instances were reported. [1]
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is responsible for detecting and preventing fraud, waste, abuse, and violations of law and to promote economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the operations of USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the United States African Development Foundation, and the Inter-American Foundation.
SBA-OIG: Social Security Administration (SSA-OIG) Mike Ware (acting) September 30, 2024 [49] SSA-OIG: Department of State and the Agency for Global Media Cardell K. Richardson Sr. May 20, 2024: DOS-OIG: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA-OIG) Ben Wagner June 6, 2022 [50] TVA-OIG: Department of Transportation and National Transportation Safety Board
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 ...
Be Aware of the Latest Threats. Like any other fraud, phone scams evolve and change out of necessity once the public gets wise to the scam. This means there's always a new scam on the horizon or ...
SSA provides a field office locator service, where members of the public can find office phone numbers and addresses. [ 19 ] SSA also provides services through a national toll-free number (1-800-772-1213) and a website.
• 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.
What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.