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By Ryan C. Wood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n As I have ranted about in the\npast there seems to be no end in sight to new scams. Is it just another day with yet another scam\nattempting to steal identities and your hard earned money? What adds injury to insult is sadly over the\nyears I have filed a number of bankruptcy cases for people who were scammed out\nof thousands of dollars and left holding the bag. Yes, bankruptcy was the quickest, easiest and\ncost effective way to permanently resolve the problems. A new scam that I have now received three\ncalls on my business phone lines is a recording alleging they are calling from\nthe Social Security Administration and that \u201cyour\u201d social security number is\nsuspended for suspicious activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone numbers they used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1-800-820-9323<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1-303-818-6263<\/p>\n\n\n\n 512-519-5297<\/p>\n\n\n\n 650-419-2195<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1-800-234-9580<\/p>\n\n\n\n 510-574-4462 – Spoke with Jeremy – He has no fears of being caught he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please email me at: SSNscam@gmail.com<\/a> with phone numbers you\nreceived social security administration scam calls from and I will add the\nphone numbers to this blog post. \nHopefully the list will help someone else to not fall for this scam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When you receive this call the\nrecording says to press \u201c1\u201d for more\ninformation. Of course I press \u201c1.\u201d The first time I asked them, \u201cHow are you\nsuspending a business\u2019s social security number, because you know, you are\ncalling a business phone number? This\nwas very confusing to the person with the ascent I was speaking to. He then hung up on me. I then filed a complaint with the Federal\nTrade Commission on-line. The second\ntime I just hung up on the recording given I was too busy to ask them\nquestions. The third time, which was\nyesterday, I merely asked, \u201cWhat is your name?\u201d \nI immediately was told, \u201cF_ _ _ Y_ _.\u201d \nIf you want them to cuss at you and hang up on you this is a good\nquestion to ask because that is what happened. \nImmediately asking them questions will get them to hang up. Ask them where they are located. Ask them their name. Unfortunately I did not write down the phone\nnumbers used for the first and second calls. \nI did provide the phone number in my FTC complaint but did not keep a\nrecord of it separately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So this is a horrible scam. First everyone is on edge about identity\ntheft and their social security number. \nSecond they are most likely targeting the elderly people receiving\nsocial security income. Not good. There are so many elder abuse scams out there\nit is despicable. Generally the way\nnotice is provide by the government or similar agencies to a person about an\nproblem or issues is by mail asking the person to call the government agency to\ndiscuss the issue. There is usually some\nsort of deadline to act and failure to act has consequences. A sort of scream or die type of notice\nprocedure. The Social Security\nAdministration is not going to repeatedly call you or harass you about\nsomething. They send you a letter, put\nthe ball in your court, and if you do nothing it is on you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Federal Trade Commission Warning<\/p>\n\n\n\n The FTC on September 13, 2018, issued a warning about this\nscam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n See: https:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/blog\/2018\/09\/your-social-security-number-isnt-suspended-ever<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The problem is few people receive these warnings in time to prevent someone from being scammed. A good idea is to Google the phone number and see what you find before providing any information and calling the number back. Hopefully you are reading this now and before it is too late. Unfortunately we bankruptcy attorneys<\/a> have filed bankruptcy cases to clean up identity fraud and debts incurred because of scams like this. What non-bankruptcy lawyers<\/a> do not understand is in the real world fixing problems can take a very long time and cost thousand and thousands of dollars with no guarantee of success in fixing the problem forever. A bankruptcy discharge is an order from the federal court that is good forever (with a few exceptions but rare for a discharge to be revoked) discharging the legal obligation to pay a debt. Filing bankruptcy is the law and is a vary cost effective way to get rid of financial problems resulting from scams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There is even an Internal Revenue Service imposter\nscam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n See: https:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/media\/video-0118-irs-imposter-scams<\/p>\n\n\n\n Filing Complaint With Federal Trade Commission or\nConsumer Financial Protection Bureau<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you receive a call like this please file a complaint with\nthe Federal Trade Commission or Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. To file a complaint please Google filing a\nconsumer complaint with the Federal Trade Commission or similar search. It is not difficult and will take about 5\nminutes or less to complete. You will\nreceive an email confirmation that the complaint was received. I have never received a response from the Federal\nTrade Commission or a follow up phone call. \nThat does not mean the FTC has not opened an investigation regarding the\ncomplaint. Maybe the FTC will issue a\nwarning like the two provided in this article because of the information you\nprovide them and help countless people not fall for a scam. You never know. If you do nothing though the scammers will\njust keep calling people and trying to steal their identities and money without\nany fear of reprisal. Not good. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Ryan C. Wood As I have ranted about in the past there seems to be no end in sight to new scams. Is it just another day with yet another scam attempting to steal identities and your hard earned money? 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