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Oh these scammers. In Canada there is always a big income tax scam going around very similar to the Social Security scams. There was a big scam exposed in India where an entire call center was set up and making these calls. Unfortunately the ring leader wasnt caught so it likely moved on to another call center because the calls have never stopped.Thank you for writing such a great and important article
Oh yes, they are everywhere. It is good to be aware of what to watch for. That ring of leaders probably broke up and made more call centers all over the world.
It’s a shame how tricky thieves try to steal the last dollar of elderly people.
Luckily I don’t have to rely on social security but even people like me can get addressed with identity theft like that.
I find it very helpful that you publish warnings like this, I’ll share it with everyone I know that could be in danger of these scams, thanks.
Thank you for sharing. The more we reach the better-informed everyone will be. And the elderly are, particularly at risk. The thieves seem to target them first.
I find in general it is the older generations that get caught up in all of this! Young people are a little more internet and phone smart and probably less trustworthy than our older generation.
So when they receive a letter or a phone call they tend to trust people more often, because in the old days you could trust people to do the right thing more often. This was probably because towns were smaller, word got around if you played up and did wrong to somebody.
And social security scams can really catch unaware victims out, they normally say who is calling, they are from social security, and they probably subject fear into their subject by saying your payments will cease or be affected if you do not take action now.
I hate these low life scammers, preying on easy prey to steal from. It seems more and more these days scams are getting craftier with globalization. You can be anywhere in the world now and not even be traced.
Watch out there, they are coming to get you! Thanks for the tips.
Kris, you are so right about how they scare the elderly. And the elderly are not as internet savvy and would rather get the information done on the phone. So they give out their identity to these low life scammers.
It is appalling that people stoop so low as to come up with schemes to steal from the elderly. Disgusting! I am so pleased that you created such a post to help people understand the risks and what they can do to avoid being scammed. I seem to get calls every day that my tax account is arrears and that I need to return a call immediately or risk going to jail. Last time I checked, if I did have issues with my taxes, we don’t get thrown in jail for having arrears. There would be letters and notices before it ever came to that point. Do you know if call blocking ever works on these scammers? Keep up the good work
You know Paul that is a good question. Call blocking works for one number but the scammers change the appearance of the number and can call right back with a different number. I have blocked up to 20 numbers a day and they tend to call more often. It is appalling indeed.
Thanks for this informative post about social security scam, I have happened to come across things like this, they told me something was wrong with the system and they did an upgrade and they will need me to send them my account details as well as my credit card details and password for the issue to be rectified, I got the name of the person and reported to the authority it happens to be that it was a stolen Identity. We all do need to be careful here dealing with online scam
Thank you for sharing because this is exactly what happens and how they get that information. Be sure to share this article with anyone who may benefit from this knowledge. Again thank you so much.