Social Security fraud remains a concern in 2025, but many headlines and social media claims don’t reflect the full truth. While fraud is rare compared to the overall volume of benefits paid, it does ...

Recent claims of dead people collecting Social Security have caused public confusion. Here’s how Social Security’s death ...

AARP’s Fraud Watch Network helps teach older adults how to spot scams. We organize events and education, with hundreds of ...

All Social Security claims made over the telephone will be subject to an anti-fraud check moving forward, the agency confirmed on April 14. The implementation of the security measure comes weeks ...

The unauthorized use of Social Security numbers (SSNs) reportedly impacts 7 percent of all documented cases of identity theft, according to reports filed with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This ...

The Social Security Administration is set to implement on Monday new anti-fraud measures that have sparked widespread concern and confusion, heightened by the agency’s repeated changes to one of ...

Last year, the FBI unraveled one of the largest digital fraud cases in U.S. history, in which cyber criminals from around the ...

The Social Security Administration is set to implement on Monday new anti-fraud measures that have sparked widespread concern and confusion, heightened by the agency’s repeated changes to one of ...

Damages from special fraud cases, as well as investment frauds and romance scams on social media, totaled approximately 200 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in 2024, according to provisional figures ...

The Social Security Administration is set to implement on Monday new anti-fraud measures that have sparked widespread concern and confusion, heightened by the agency’s repeated changes to one of the ...