The Social Security Administration and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are partnering to raise public awareness about Social Security imposter scams during the third annual “Slam the Scam” Day on March 10. Social Security scams – where fraudsters attempt to mislead victims into making cash or gift card payments to fix purported Social […]
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How To Avoid Social Security Scammers This Holiday Season
Scammers go to great lengths to trick you out of your personal information. We want to help you protect your information by helping you recognize a Social Security imposter. There’s a widespread telephone scam involving callers claiming they are from Social Security. The ‘fake’ caller ID may even show a government number. These callers may […]
St. Thomas Native Accused Of Conning Senior Citizen Out Of 30 Acres Of Land
COTTAGE GROVE, Oregon — Investigators say that a U.S. Virgin Islands man arrested recently was responsible for a string of fraud cases that stretched from Arizona, to Washington state, and ended in Oregon. Tyrone Curtis Powell, 40, of St. Thomas, allegedly used the alias “John P. Hope” as he established multiple fake non-profit organizations to […]