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Is This A New Phone Scam???

tsavorite — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:24:14 GMT

Today I have received 2 phone calls from a 800# (I never answer any call I don't know who it is) so it went to voicemail and then a recorded message (computer generated voice) saying it is the Social Security Office calling to let me know my SS# has been suspended ....suspicious activity and if I want to know about it then press #1. Guess that would have taken me to a actual human being running this scam if I had answered the phone call.

ANyone else getting these??

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

MalteseMomma — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:26:31 GMT

Yes,SS will NEVER call you.

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

x Hedge — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:32:56 GMT

Don't answer and don't press #1.

DO read the social security scam awareness:

https://oig.ssa.gov/newsroom/scam-awareness

Q&A

Can Social Security number be suspended?

Scammers are saying your Social Security number (SSN) has been suspendedbecause of suspicious activity, or because it's been involved in a crime. ... Oh, and your caller ID often shows the real SSA phone number (1-800-772-1213) when these scammers call – but they're faking that number. It's not the real SSAcalling.Dec 27, 2018

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

tsavorite — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:30:47 GMT

Just did some googling and from what came up this scam has been going on in different states for awhile now! Like I said I never answer and wouldn't press any# to talk to anyone.....this just ticks me off though!!

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

SilleeMee — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:34:55 GMT

Official business matters are given in writing and handled through your mailbox, not through your phone.

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ILTH — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:38:59 GMT

@MalteseMomma wrote:
Yes,SS will NEVER call you.

That's not true.

They call to verify information, if they have questions, when you apply for SS.

I didn't answer when SS called me. After I listened to the voicemail, I googled the phone number they left for me to call back. It was legitimate. I called them back.

What OP experienced sounds very much like a scam, though.

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

ILTH — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:40:07 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
Official business matters are given in writing and handled through your mailbox, not through your phone.

Not always true.

See my other response.

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

bonnielu — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:40:53 GMT

Only in writing. Don't answer and if you do don't press anything.

I will add sometimes I am curious. When the phone rings I pick up and say nothing. Their robo device detects voices. I just wait and they hang up.

Annoying and no doubt nothing we can do. Seems the carriers should do something. Very little I am afraid.

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

KailaS — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:41:49 GMT

This scam has been going on for a while. Do not call number given. In my part of PA for a while we received calls that our SS# had been used fraudulently and to call a number to straighten it out. That was/is also a scam.

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

SunValley — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:43:23 GMT

SS will call you but only if you call them to set up a time. I have done this twice and the call was always at the time specified. Any unsolicited call is a scam.

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

ILTH — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:54:22 GMT

@SunValley wrote:
SS will call you but only if you call them to set up a time. I have done this twice and the call was always at the time specified. Any unsolicited call is a scam.

Yes. I should add that when you apply online, they ask you how you would like to be contacted and to give them a time window.

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qbetzforreal — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:56:19 GMT

scam

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SunValley — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:57:54 GMT

And I should add that I have had at least 5 of these scam calls in the last 2 weeks. Guess they blanket an area with calls until someone bites.

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Burnsite — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:59:21 GMT

tsavorite, It's an old scam--Social Security is still pretty secure but the crooks keep trying to hack it.

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JesssMe — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:02:07 GMT

It is a scam. I have had several of them, all from different numbers. I block numbers, but they call back in a day or 2 from a different number.

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

x Hedge — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:11:02 GMT

@ILTH wrote:
@SunValley wrote:
SS will call you but only if you call them to set up a time. I have done this twice and the call was always at the time specified. Any unsolicited call is a scam.
Yes. I should add that when you apply online, they ask you how you would like to be contacted and to give them a time window.

Social security called me after I had a change in bank account and routing numbers right before my direct deposit was due. But I requested the call.

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

gidgetgh — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:30:43 GMT

Of course it is a scam. Think about it for a second. “Your social security number has been suspended”. What does that even mean???? Makes no sense.

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luvmybeetle — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:21:34 GMT

Yes we received this call a few days ago. I have a Call Blocker from QVC and I just punch it. I don't fall for any phone call. Even the one that told me they were coming to arrest me for not attending jury duty. You know I've never been called to jury duty, ever in my life. That's weird.

Re: Is This A New Phone Scam???

ILTH — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:30:16 GMT

@luvmybeetle wrote:
Yes we received this call a few days ago. I have a Call Blocker from QVC and I just punch it. I don't fall for any phone call. Even the one that told me they were coming to arrest me for not attending jury duty. You know I've never been called to jury duty, ever in my life. That's weird.

I'm called enough for both of us. 😝😆

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CelticCrafter — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:33:07 GMT

I got that one a while ago and ignored it. I figured if it was true I wouldn't get paid and would deal with it then.