Social Security phishing scams use urgency and impersonation to steal personal data. Learn how to spot fake SSA emails and ...

Keep a weathered eye on those pop-up messages; it might be scammers looking to phish you out of your retirement money.

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In 2021, an average of 65 million Americans receive monthly Social Security checks, totaling over $1 trillion paid during the year. It comes as no surprise that scam artists will try almost ...

Social Security scams are the most common type of government impersonation fraud in the U.S. ... These are phishing attempts designed to steal your info or infect your device.

Scammers are not above pretending to be government employees, according to the Social Security Administration. In 2020, the SSA received 718,000 reports of Social Security-related telephone scams.

In Social Security phishing, victims typically receive an email from someone impersonating an SSA employee. ... Social Security scams are widespread, and aren't going away anytime soon.

How the Social Security phishing scam works. The current attack is the work of a phishing group known as Molatori. It begins with an email that appears to come from the SSA with the message, ...

Phishing scams have been on the rise for quite some time and now there is a new target: retirees. A Social Security ...