Social Security Agency Sounds Alarm Over $600 Payment Scam

‘Reports of a $600 payment increase are FALSE,’ the agency’s commissioner said.

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on Feb. 11, 2005. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

The U.S. Social Security Administration sounded the alarm this week over a $600 payment increase scam that has been promoted online.

“Reports of a $600 payment increase are FALSE, please be aware and don’t fall for this stunt,” Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley said in a news release.