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2. How To Tell If That Call From Social Security Is a Scam - AOL

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   Whether you get a live phone call or a voice message, “Threatening phone calls that say your Social Security number or benefits are in jeopardy are scams,” said Keith Mint, founder of Minted ...

3. Scammers Are Targeting Your Phone. Here’s What To Watch For.

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   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 an updated version of an old one.

4. Social Security Scams: 3 Common Requests and How To ... - AOL

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   In 2023, an average of 67 million Americans receive monthly Social Security checks, totaling over $1 trillion paid during the year. Social Security: No Matter Your Age, Do Not Claim Benefits Until ...

5. SSA impersonation scam - Wikipedia

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   An SSA impersonation scam, or SSA scam, is a class of telecommunications scam targeting citizens of the United States by impersonating Social Security Administration employees. SSA scams are typically initiated through pre-recorded messages, or robocalls , that use social engineering to make victims panic and ensure they follow instructions ...

6. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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   Most of the time, when a scammer gets a social security number, they’re going to set up a new account, buy merchandise to sell online, and get cash advances from a credit card. Implementing a ...

7. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • 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.

8. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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   However, if you get a call from a phone number or area code you don’t know, it’s likely best to avoid picking up the call and research the following before you call back:

9. Can you hear me? (alleged telephone scam) - Wikipedia

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   Reports on the purported scam are an Internet hoax, first spread on social media sites in 2017. [1] While the phone calls received by people are real, the calls are not related to scam activity. [1] According to some news reports on the hoax, victims of the purported fraud receive telephone calls from an unknown person who asks, "Can you hear me?"