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For Veterans: How to Avoid Scams
AMAC (the Association of Mature American Citizens) and the AMAC Foundation have long been advocates for our veteran community, as evidenced by our Veterans Outreach program (see this). And in keeping with our commitment to our veterans of military service,…
Scam Alert: SSA Provides New and Replacement Social Security Cards for FREE!
The following is a message from Social Security’s Inspector General’s Office: Scam Alert FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE https://oig.ssa.gov March 10, 2026 Media Inquiries: oig.press@ssa.gov SSA Provides New and Replacement Social Security Cards for FREE! The Social Security…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is Contributing to Scams Becoming More Sophisticated
Scams are becoming harder to spot. They can be in the form of a misspelled email address or a call from a robotic voice. Scammers are using your personal information that they have gathered to make themselves sound more legitimate.…
Social Security Numbers: A Key to Protecting Children from Scams
The root of the problem, when it comes to protecting young people from fraudsters and scammers, is education, pure and simple. With the Internet Crime Complaint Center reporting more than 18,000 victims under the age of 20 and losses totaling…
Social Security warns about scams, provides scam awareness information
Source: Social Security Administration Social Security imposter scams continue to be widespread across the United States. Scammers use tactics to deceive you into providing sensitive information or money. If you receive a suspicious letter, text, email, or call, do not…
Resolve to Protect Yourself From Scams This New Year
(Source -By William Bardin, Acting Associate Commissioner for the Office of Program Integrity of The Social Security Administration) As we welcome in the new year, let’s make protecting ourselves against scams a top priority. Ring in 2025 with some smart…
SSA Issues Alert for “Long-Con” Scams
Fraud situations involving Social Security beneficiaries in the past have generally focused on simple telephone contacts. It seems these days that a new more elabortate kind of scam is hitting the airwaves, and their labeled “long-con” portions. As explained in…
Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General Releases Scam Report to Congress
(Source – blog/ssa/gov) Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released its quarterly Scam Report to Congress. The report provides information about scam trends in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 (January 1 — March 31, 2024).…
Tomorrow is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)
A recent post on IRS Newswire focused attention on the rising threat of impersonation scams targeted at older adults by scammers pretending to be government officials and attempting to obtain sensitive, personal information including social numbers. The details of this…
Important Guidelines for reducing Scams
Senior citizens are especially vulnerable to scams. To protect yourself from fraud there are general guidelines you can follow. This article is focused on the state of New York and Medicare, but the information is helpful to everyone. Notice: The link…