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DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to ...
Help! My son’s Social Security number was stolen. Now he has a fake W-2.
First, the question about filing a late return. A reader wanted to confirm that there are no penalties for filing a late ...
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Check fraud ring exposed in Oklahoma mail theft case
As banks face mounting check fraud, a newly unsealed indictment reveals how one criminal ring exploited weak spots in the ...
How SIM swapping led to a $1.8M cyber fraud case
The CyberGuy advises how to protect yourself against SIM swapping, a form of identity theft by which a scammer tricks a ...
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AARP Backs Effort to Improve SSA's Assistance for Identity Fraud Victims
AARP’s Fraud Watch Network helps teach older adults how to spot scams. We organize events and education, with hundreds of ...
As new Social Security leadership takes the helm, here are the changes beneficiaries need to watch
Social Security’s approximate 73 million beneficiaries have seen some key changes to benefits and services in the first 100 ...
Social Security reminds workers about ‘resurrecting’ people wrongly declared dead
Spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Social Security Administration is combing through its ...
Fraud costing U.S. government hundreds of billions a year as crime rings use stolen identities
Last year, the FBI unraveled one of the largest digital fraud cases in U.S. history, in which cyber criminals from around the ...
Brazil’s €1bn pension fraud casts shadow over Lula re-election hopes
José Antônio Mateus, a pensioner in São Paulo, noticed an unexplained charge of R$77 (€12) on his pension slip in 2024 and ...
Indictment: Oklahoma schemers used social media to recruit for check forgery plot
Three Oklahoma City residents recruited several others via social media as part of an alleged check forgery scheme, ...
What is a sim-swap? How you could be targeted by the fraud used to hack M&S
SIM swapping is when fraudsters take control of a consumer’s phone account and request a SIM swap through identity theft or ...
Eastern Cape man sentenced to six months for SASSA disability grant fraud
Anele Gxumeka's fraudulent attempts to exploit SASSA for a disability grant result in a six-month prison sentence, highlighting the agency's commitment to combatting fraud.