Scammers are targeting seniors' Social Security Benefits. These scammers are getting seniors to provide enough personal information and just contacting the Social Security Administration and having the benefits re-routed to their own accounts. This comes at a tricky time for the SSA, as it’s trying to encourage everyone who receives benefits to make the move to a direct deposit system because of a new regulation prohibiting paper checks.
The Social Security Administration said anyone who believes they are victims of fraud should contact the inspector general at http://oig.ssa.gov/report-fraud-waste-or-abuse.
Article from CNN Money: Scam targets seniors' Social Security benefits - Sep. 26, 2012
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