Overview
- The Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General, which issued the alert Monday, urged people to delete and report suspicious messages that claim to share a Social Security statement.
- Scammers are copying official logos and formatting, using urgent language and links, and in some cases impersonating real SSA employees with names or photos to appear credible.
- Clicking the links can load malicious software or send you to a fake website that captures personal details, bank data, or account credentials for identity theft and fraud.
- Legitimate SSA emails come from addresses ending in .gov, and the safe way to check your information is to type ssa.gov/myaccount into your browser rather than using an email link.
- If you interacted with a scam message, stop contact, call your bank to secure accounts, report to the SSA OIG, file with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center and the FTC, and contact local police if money was lost.