My SS# has been suspended for committing fraud in Texas according to a phone call I just received. They gave a 512 area code number to call. This is a new one.

Suspended? Damn. But at least they have not tried to take away your birthday!

Yeah, I would be looking up the SS # and call the one I found before I called the one they gave you. Hard to vet a voice on the phone.

RMD.

No TV, No Internet? Or is it just not allowed to go play with its friends?

My recording gave a Baltimore number to call

Call them back from someone else's phone, accidentally get disconnected and enjoy the show.

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Originally posted by Anush:
My SS# has been suspended for committing fraud in Texas according to a phone call I just received. They gave a 512 area code number to call. This is a new one.

So the SS# has been committing fraud. Next thing the # will be stealing a car or robbing a liquor store. These #s need to be rounded up asap

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Originally posted by Anush:
My SS# has been suspended for committing fraud in Texas according to a phone call I just received. They gave a 512 area code number to call. This is a new one.

Yeah, you call them back and said, "Yes, your SS# has been suspended. Just to confirm it is you, what is your name and your ss number and your mother's maiden name, and your first pet?"

Unfortunately the scam may get some traction as Stolen SS#'s are in the news right now. Something like 39 million numbers impacted. Prior administration just looked the other way when made aware of it.

Let me get this Strait, your ex-SSN lives in Texas and you hang your hat in Tennessee. That could be a country song

If your SS# has been suspended, does that mean you no longer are required to pay into the SS system each paycheck? Well, at least until your # has served its suspension??

There is a Social Security office in Baltimore that has been very helpful when I first signed up. But that doesn't mean they are the one who contacted you.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Let me get this Strait, your ex-SSN lives in Texas and you hang your hat in Tennessee. That could be a country song

I see what you did there.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Let me get this Strait, your ex-SSN lives in Texas and you hang your hat in Tennessee. That could be a country song

Nice.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is warning Americans about scammers posing as employees of the agency in order to steal their personal information.

The SSA and its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are sounding the alarm this week about two types of scams. In the first, an individual gets a phone call with an automated recording saying that his Social Security number “has been suspended for suspicion of illegal activity.” The fraudster then provides a phone number and says the person must call it to fix the problem or else the person's assets will be frozen. Anyone who does call the number is asked to provide personal information the scammer can then use to commit identity theft or other fraud.

In the other scam, the caller pretends to work for Social Security and asks the person to verify personal information, including Social Security number, date of birth and address. The SSA first alerted the public to this scheme in January.

The SSA strongly discourages people from providing personal information over the telephone unless they are certain of who is on the other end of the line. In cases when the real SSA does call individuals, the agency has usually contacted the person before.

If you receive a suspicious call from someone claiming to be from the SSA, you should report that information to the OIG at 800-269-0271 or online. If you have questions about a phone call, email, text message or any other type of communication claiming to be from the SSA, you can contact any Social Security office or call Social Security’s toll-free customer service number at 800-772-1213 to make sure it is legitimate. (Social Security’s TTY number for the deaf or hard-of-hearing is 800-325-0778.)

Linky thingy

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Let me get this Strait, your ex-SSN lives in Texas and you hang your hat in Tennessee. That could be a country song

Post of the month! Brilliant!

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Let me get this Strait, your ex-SSN lives in Texas and you hang your hat in Tennessee.

Two ex's live close by & one lives near Ft Knox (retired DA GS-13). I have been happily married for 38 years, but it took 3.1 wives to do it (I figure a 6mo marriage only rates a .1)!

Are you dead? And how do you know you are not? I think that is the classic reason to suspend a SS# so I thought I would ask.

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Originally posted by Anush:
My SS# has been suspended for committing fraud in Texas according to a phone call I just received. They gave a 512 area code number to call. This is a new one.

Who claimed to have called you? Don't give out any info...

Damn Mormons are up to their tricks again.