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Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 01:23 AM Oct 2019

I got a cell phone that I have not used in a few days. Got the "social security scam call 4 times [View all]

when I finally recharged it up and listened to the voice mail. In 3 days 4 scam calls saying my social security account "has fraudulent activity" call this number. This is the largest scam going on now. We talked about it months ago, but the calls do not stop, they increase....Here is one very important aspect of this:

If the scam did not work, and people were not sucked in, then the scam would decrease, not increase. More calls mean more scammers are trying it...

The Social Security Administration will never call you out of the blue, and ask for a number NEVER...

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