A new government-imposter scam is targeting Social Security recipients via fake emails, letters, or texts, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Social Security Administration (SSA) said in a Nov. 12 statement.
According to the watchdog, fraudsters send targets emails with the subject line “Alert: Social Security Account Issues Detected” and an official-looking attachment titled “Suspension of Social Security Number Due to Criminal Activities,” using fake SSA OIG letterheads.
