Most of us have probably already received a scam call involving the Social Security Administration or other government agency.
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), American consumers lost $375 million to scammers impersonating the government in 2021. Be it via phone, letter, email or text, fraudsters go as far as to threaten the potential victim with arrest or with freezing their accounts — anything to intimidate them into handing over money or personal information.
Read on to learn more about social security scams and what you can do to avoid them.
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