Identify the Scam (Social Security Amdministration, SSA, Office of the Inspector General, OIG)

Description:

If you receive a call, text, email, letter, or message on social media that:

• Threatens to suspend your Social Security number, even if they have part or all of your Social Security number

• Warns of arrest or legal action

• Demands or requests immediate payment

• Requires payment by gift card, prepaid debit card, Internet currency, or by mailing cash

• Pressures you for personal information

• Requests secrecy

• Threatens to seize your bank account

• Promises to increase your Social Security benefit

• Tries to gain your trust by providing fake “documentation,” false “evidence,” or the name of a real government official

It is a SCAM!