The Social Security Administration will be announcing the annual COLA increase to benefits in October and scammers are gearing up to try to take you money.

In 2023, an average of 67 million Americans receive monthly Social Security checks, totaling over $1 trillion paid during the year. Social Security: No Matter Your Age, Do Not Claim Benefits Until You ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was signed into law in January, extended Social Security benefits to federal employees, railroad employees and civil servants whose jobs aren’t covered by ...

The National Institute on Aging reminds retirees that scammers may threaten or pressure you to act immediately. If this happens, slow down and carefully consider what the person is saying. If you get ...

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

I write about online security for a living and even I was shocked by how easy it was to create fake settlement websites that ...

Scammers are targeting senior citizens and their Social Security funds with online phishing scams that often come in the form of emails or texts, using language that is meant to incite panic. In a ...

Last year, Americans reported losing more than $12.5 billion to fraud. The biggest losses resulted from scams that started ...

The FBI is warning the public that its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website is being spoofed by scammers online. In a public service announcement (PSA) alert published on September 19, the ...