Beware of Recovery "Phishers"
Beneficiaries are, no doubt, looking forward to receiving their one-time recovery payments from Social Security. But Social Security wants to warn people not to fall victim to scammers who may be "phishing" for a cut of their own. To make sure no one does, we'll state the facts as clearly as possible:
All Social Security and SSI beneficiaries who are eligible for the special one-time recovery payment will have their payment issued in May;
The payment is automatic; and
There are no requests to make, no applications to complete, no emails to respond to and no fees to pay.
If you receive an email from anyone claiming to want to help obtain your payment, don't fall victim to the scam. Social Security has an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) that will investigate allegations of fraud, including circumstances where scammers attempt to intercept a beneficiary's one-time economic recovery payment. Please report such activity to Social Security's OIG at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/oig/ or by calling the fraud hotline at 1-800-269-0271 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. EST.
Beneficiaries are, no doubt, looking forward to receiving their one-time recovery payments from Social Security. But Social Security wants to warn people not to fall victim to scammers who may be "phishing" for a cut of their own. To make sure no one does, we'll state the facts as clearly as possible:
All Social Security and SSI beneficiaries who are eligible for the special one-time recovery payment will have their payment issued in May;
The payment is automatic; and
There are no requests to make, no applications to complete, no emails to respond to and no fees to pay.
If you receive an email from anyone claiming to want to help obtain your payment, don't fall victim to the scam. Social Security has an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) that will investigate allegations of fraud, including circumstances where scammers attempt to intercept a beneficiary's one-time economic recovery payment. Please report such activity to Social Security's OIG at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/oig/ or by calling the fraud hotline at 1-800-269-0271 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. EST.
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