Accepts and investigates reports of fraud, waste, and abuse by recipients of Social Security and within the programs and operations of the Social Security Administration. Also investigates suspicious call, letter, text, or emails about an alleged problem with Social Security number, account, or payments.

Social Security Fraud Hotline | Social Security Fraud Hotline

Programs that provide a hotline, website or other mechanisms the public can use to anonymously report fraud, waste, and abuse within Social Security Administration (SSA) programs and operations. Examples of Social Security fraud include concealing material facts or events that affect eligibility for benefits, making false statements on a benefits claim form, misuse of benefits by a representative payee, buying or selling Social Security cards or SSA information, crimes involving SSA employees, scams involving impersonation of an SSA employee, fraud or misuse of grant or contracting funds or other types of illegal activities involving Social Security.

Social Security Fraud Reporting

Programs that provide a hotline, website or other mechanisms that consumers can use to report the activities of individuals who are fraudulently selling goods and services via the telephone. Telemarketing fraud schemes often begin with a letter or postcard describing an appealing offer with a 900 or 800 number to call and a convincing sales pitch by the promoter. Characteristics of telemarketing fraud include offers that sound too good to be true, high pressure sales tactics, insistence on an immediate decision, requests for credit card numbers for verification purposes, claims that there are "no risks", details which are not available in writing, people who have won a prize but must pay something before receiving it, and individuals who are asked to trust the telemarketer or are told they are one of only a few people eligible for the offer. Reports may be filed by telemarketing fraud victims or by people who have information about individuals they know to be perpetrating these types of scams.

Telemarketing Fraud Reporting

Programs that provide a hotline, website or other mechanisms that people can use to report false mail order advertising, receipt of unsolicited merchandise, chain letters, free prize or vacation schemes, government look-alike mail, work-at-home schemes, phony job opportunities, home improvement/repair frauds, missing persons fraud schemes, prison pen pal money order scams, fraudulent health and medical products, pyramid sales promotions, credit card schemes, solicitations disguised as invoices, 900 telephone number schemes, coupon redemption scams, land fraud schemes, oil and gas investment frauds, cut-rate insurance fraud, franchise schemes, or other fraudulent business schemes that are carried out through the mail. Reports may be filed by mail fraud victims or by people who have information about individuals they know to be perpetrating these types of scams.