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Social Security Administration Online Reporting Form for Imposter Scam Calls

Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, and Gail S. Ennis, the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration, have announced a dedicated online form at https://oig.ssa.gov to receive reports from the public of Social Security-related scams.

Social Security employees do occasionally contact people by telephone for business purposes. However, Social Security employees will never threaten a person, or promise a Social Security benefit approval, or increase, in exchange for information or money. In those cases, the call is fraudulent and people should just hang up. Social Security will not:

• Tell you that your Social Security number has been suspended.
• Contact you to demand immediate payment.
• Ask you for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.
• Require a specific means of debt repayment, like a prepaid debit card, a retail gift card, or cash.
• Demand that you pay a Social Security debt without the ability to appeal the amount you owe.
• Promise a Social Security benefit approval, or increase, in exchange for information or money.

If there is a problem with a person’s Social Security number or record, or a payment is needed, in most cases Social Security will mail a letter. People should never provide information or payment over the phone or Internet unless they are certain of who is receiving it.

The Social Security OIG will also continue to take reports of fraud, waste, and abuse in Social Security’s programs and operations at https://www.ssa.gov/fraudreport/oig/public_fraud_reporting/form.htm.

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