Social Security scam!

[Chucktin]

Be warned. I just got a call preporting to be from IS Social Security Dept. 319-284-8906. Threatening to revoke Social Security status. Gotta be a scam. I've blocked that number and reported it as a scam.

 

[RadishRose]

Thanks for the heads up and reporting!

 

[Falcon]

Thanks for the warning Chucktin. :thanks:

 

[Marie5656]

Got a similar call. ALso blocked number

 

[SeaBreeze]

Thanks, I've been getting a few calls that say SSI on the caller ID, haven't picked up.

 

[Butterfly]

Everyone should be aware that SSI and Social Security retirement are NOT the same thing. You CAN lose SSI benefits if you no longer qualify for them. The below is from the Social Security website:

"HOW IS SSI DIFFERENT FROM SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS?

Many people who are eligible for SSI may also be entitled to Social Security benefits. In fact, the application for SSI is also an application for Social Security benefits. However, SSI and Social Security are different in many ways.

Social Security benefits may be paid to you and certain members of your family if you are “insured” meaning you worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes. Unlike Social Security benefits, SSI benefits are not based on your prior work or a family member's prior work.

SSI is financed by general funds of the U.S. Treasury--personal income taxes, corporate and other taxes. Social Security taxes collected under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) or the Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA) do notfund the SSI program.

In most States, SSI recipients also can get medical assistance (Medicaid)- to pay for hospital stays, doctor bills, prescription drugs, and other health costs.

Many States also provide a supplemental payment to certain SSI recipients.

SSI recipients may also be eligible for food assistance in every State except California. In some States, an application for SSI also serves as an application for food assistance.

SSI benefits are paid on the first of the month.

To get SSI, you must be disabled, blind, or at least 65 years old and have "limited" income and resources.

In addition, to get SSI, you must also:reside in the United States or the Northern Mariana Islands;

• not be absent from the country for a full calendar month or more or for 30 consecutive days or more; and
• be either a U.S. citizen or national, or in one of certain categories of qualified non–citizens."

 

[Butterfly]

The Social Security Administration will never call you unless you have arranged for them to do so about a particular issue. If they need to communicate with you otherwise, they will write to you. SO, anytime you get a phone call out of the blue purporting to be from Social Security It's ALWAYS a scam.