More than 70 million Americans rely on Social Security benefits and are vulnerable to scams threatening their monthly payments.

Many people are receiving calls appearing to be from the Social Security Administration, but in reality it's just scammers trying to catch you off guard. One ABC11 viewer shared with me just a few of ...

The scam aims to extract the victim's full Social Security number and threaten them with fines to avoid criminal charges.

A suburban man allegedly stole $27,000 from an elderly woman in a social security scam. Dmytro Kariev, 54, of Wheeling is ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Tulare County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about scammers claiming to be from the Social Security Administration. TCSO says the caller identifies himself as ...

Government impersonation scams involve fraudsters posing as representatives of federal or local agencies, including the ...

with the U.S. Social Security Administration assembling some of the tell-tale signs on its official website. Among the signs that your Social Security text is a scam is anything resembling a threat, ...

An arrest has been made in connection to a complex scam that cost an elderly Vernon Hills resident $27,000, according to ...

Financial scams targeting older Americans are exploding—and artificial intelligence is turbocharging the threat, according to new data from the Federal Trade Commission. Losses reported by victims 60 ...