Social Security Scams Rampant, Retirees' Benefits at Risk
• Scams involving Social Security are common - criminals pose as employees to steal money and personal information • Fraudsters break into online Social Security accounts or create new ones to divert benefits • A woman found her mother's $2,452 monthly benefit redirected to an unknown Citibank account • This kind of fraud has been happening for over a decade, stealing retirees' sole source of income • The Social Security representative casually mentioned that account diversion happens "all the time"