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A new Social Security scam has been targeting seniors with emails that falsely claim that your Social Security number has been involved in criminal activities. The email goes on to threaten to suspend all benefits unless they act quickly. More than 70 million Americans rely on Social Security benefits and are vulnerable to scams threatening their monthly payments. If seniors engage with the scammer, they are at risk of losing their money and identity to the fraudsters. What To Know The emails allege that there is a federal investigation linked...
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