The Social Security
Administration released the below advisory:
The Inspector General
of Social Security, Gail S. Ennis, is warning citizens about a caller-ID
“spoofing” scheme misusing the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of
the Inspector General’s (OIG) Fraud Hotline phone number.
The OIG has
received recent reports of phone calls displaying the Fraud Hotline number on a
caller-ID screen. This is a scam; OIG employees do not place outgoing
calls from the Fraud Hotline 800 number. Citizens should not engage with
these calls or provide personal information.
SSA
and OIG employees do contact citizens by telephone for official purposes, and
they may request the citizen confirm personal information over the phone.
However, the calls do not appear on caller ID as the Fraud Hotline
number of (800) 269-0271. Also, SSA and OIG employees will never
threaten you for information or promise any type of official action in exchange
for personal information or payment. In those cases, the call is fraudulent,
and you should just hang up.
If you receive a
suspicious call from someone alleging to be from SSA or OIG, you should report
that information to the OIG online at https://oig.ssa.gov/report or by calling (800)
269-0271, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. You can also
report these scams to the Federal Trade Commission through a new site specific
to Social Security scams: https://identitytheft.gov/ssa
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