https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2018/11/caller-id-spoofing-scheme-misusing-ssa-cust.htm konane's Blog: Caller-ID "Spoofing" Scheme Misusing SSA Customer Service Number en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2018/11/caller-id-spoofing-scheme-misusing-ssa-cust.htm#c197287 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2018/11/caller-id-spoofing-scheme-misusing-ssa-cust.htm#c197287 Tue, 06 Nov 2018 20:23:23 GMT konane <br />Called SSA to verify whether anything was amiss. Was on hold for about an hour but SSA verified nothing wrong and said it was an active scam.

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]]> JADELottery https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2018/11/caller-id-spoofing-scheme-misusing-ssa-cust.htm https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2018/11/caller-id-spoofing-scheme-misusing-ssa-cust.htm Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:01:11 GMT konane Inspector General Warns Public About Caller-ID Spoofing Scheme Misusing SSA Customer Service Number

https://blog.ssa.gov/inspector-general-warns-public-about-caller-id-spoofing-scheme-misusing-ssa-customer-service-number/

Social Security phone scam reported across the country

This particular scam involves criminals using a technique called spoofing to make an incoming call appear as if it s coming from a number which it s really not.

In this case, scamsters are making the SSA s legitimate customer service number 1-800-772-1213 show up on the caller ID.

https://clark.com/scams-rip-offs/social-security-phone-scam/

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