by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 22, 2025 | Scam of the day
Reproduced below is a very convincing phishing email sent by scammers posing as the Social Security Administration that attempts to lure you into clicking on a link that purports to provide a statement of your Social Security benefits. However, if you were to click...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 23, 2024 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about scams related to Social Security benefits for many years. Many of these scams take the form of an imposter scam where the scammer posing as a Social Security Administration employee sends you an email in which you are either lured into...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 4, 2024 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about scams related to Social Security benefits for many years. In one Social Security related scam, the scammers call their targeted victim on the phone posing as employees of the Social Security Administration and tell their intended victims...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 26, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about scams related to Social Security benefits for many years. In one Social Security related scam, the scammers call their targeted victim on the phone posing as employees of the Social Security Administration and tell their intended victims...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 1, 2023 | Scam of the day
Protecting the privacy of your Social Security number is essential in order to protect yourself from identity theft. Identity thieves use a variety of pretenses to trick people into providing their Social Security numbers to scammers who can then use it as part of...