[WSBAPT] Social Security Overpayment Call? Is this a scam?

Sat Dec 11 17:57:32 PST 2021

  Law Office of
F.ANDREKITA SILVA
_______________________________________________________  

December 11, 2021

I agree this is spam- which is getting extremely sophisticated these days.

I report these spam calls to Federal Trade Commission all the time. It  
helps keep down the volume of spam.

You can do this by going to their website:

https://www.donotcall.gov/

You will provide the number on which you received spam message, the  
number that called you, the time, and date.

andrekita
Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, Washington 98101
206-224-8288
www.seattle-silvalaw.com

Quoting Sara Longley <sara at ivylawgroup.com>:

> It would be a good thing to also report this to the FTC and the  
> Social Security Administration, since they want to know when  
> scammers are impersonating federal agencies.
>
>   Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>> On Dec 11, 2021, at 7:33 AM, Joshua McKarcher <josh at mckarcherlaw.com> wrote:
>>  
>
>>                                   Agreed. I would delete the voice  
>> mail and not respond. A phone call is notice of nothing at all, at  
>> least anything that could legally bind you or trigger some deadline. 
>>          
>>         Unless you receive written communication (not via email),  
>> it is almost certainly not the SSA or IRS or any other revenue  
>> collecting branch of the federal government. I would simply delete  
>> the voice mail. 
>>          
>>         Best, Josh 
>>
>>                 
>>         Joshua D. McKarcher
>>         McKarcher Law PLLC
>>         537 6th Street
>>         Clarkston, WA 99403
>>         (509) 758-3345
>>         (509) 758-3314 (fax)
>>         josh at mckarcherlaw.com
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>>        FROM: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com  
>> <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> on behalf of Doug Schafer  
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>> SENT: Friday, December 10, 2021 2:03 PM
>> TO: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv; Brent Williams-Ruth
>> SUBJECT: Re: [WSBAPT] Social Security Overpayment Call? Is this a  
>> scam?          
>>
>> I recall reading that the SSA absolutely NEVER makes contact by  
>> phone; only by USPS letters. So it's likely a scammer.
>>
>> Doug Schafer, in Tacoma
>>
>>        On 12/10/2021 13:45, Brent Williams-Ruth wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings List - 
>>>           
>>>          I received a voicemail from a representative from the  
>>> Social Security Administration indicating that one of my  
>>> Decedent's from 2020 had an overpayment of $8,200+ and they want  
>>> it back. 
>>>           
>>>          The Probate went through all the regular machinations and  
>>> closed earlier in this year. 
>>>           
>>>          I have tried to do basic online searching and found a  
>>> forum where people are talking about this being fraudulent  
>>> practices of scammers. There was a link to the SSA website warning  
>>> about scams but did not provide a number where people can call to  
>>> verify. 
>>>           
>>>          Uncertain how to proceed. Is it normal to receive a phone  
>>> call without any correspondence?
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