From a reliable listserv I’m on………
VIRUS-RELATED SOCIAL SECURITY SCAM
Gail S. Ennis, Inspector General for Social Security, is warning “about fraudulent letters threatening suspension of Social Security benefits due to COVID-19.”
”Social Security will not suspend or discontinue benefits because their offices are closed,” reports IG Ennis.
“...Social Security beneficiaries have received letters through the U.S. Mail stating their payments will be suspended or discontinued unless they call a phone number referenced in the letter.
“Scammers may then mislead beneficiaries into providing personal information or payment via retail gift cards, wire transfers, internet currency, or by mailing cash, to maintain regular benefit payments during this period of COVID-19 office closures.”
Although Social Security offices are closed, employees are working and no beneficiary will lose benefits, have them decreased or suspended due to the virus. Any communication that says so is a scam.
Betsy Abramson
Executive Director
1414 MacArthur Road, Suite B
Madison, WI 53714
608-243-5691
betsy.abramson@wihealthyaging.org
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