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Social Security Administration Scam Calls Reported
Thursday, February 21, 2019

The Bryan Area Chamber recently was made aware of people who had received phone calls from the Social Security Administration (SSA).

The callers usually state that, due to improper or illegal activity with a citizen's Social Security number (SSN) or account, a citizen will be arrested or face other legal action if they fail to call a provided phone number to address the issue.

These calls are scams.

The SSA does NOT threaten citizens for information. They will NOT say you face legal action or arrest if you do not comply with their requests, and most importantly, they normally only contact someone by phone with whom they have ongoing business. If you receive a call out of the blue that uses threatening language, hang up. It's a scam.

Some scammers have even gone as far as to "spoof" phone numbers to appear as though they come from the SSA.



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