Social Security Scam Calls 2024. Social security’s office of the inspector general (oig) recently released its quarterly scam report to congress. Scammers call hoping to steal your personal information and commit identity theft or other.
The false rumor gained so much traction that the social security administration’s phone lines were slammed with more than 463,000 calls in a single day, o’malley said. People running medicare scams may also try to get other personal information, including social security numbers and bank information.