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SSA changes phone fraud policies after finding very little fraud
The change follows reporting by Nextgov/FCW about the policy and its contributions to a slowdown in retirement claims ...
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SSA's DOGE phone policy led to delays with minimal fraud caught
SSA’s fraud-prevention phone policy, backed by DOGE and Elon Musk’s team, caused major delays and few results, drawing ...
Soy Nómada on MSN2d
DOGE's anti-fraud phone checks at SSA found little and hurt a lot
A Musk-backed fraud policy at SSA caused chaos and delays with little fraud prevention success. Here's what went wrong.
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DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to ...
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Social Security phone fraud probe reveals only 0.0018% of calls flagged
A probe into Social Security phone fraud found only 2 likely fraud cases out of 110,000 calls, contradicting earlier claims.
New Social Security Email Pushing Recipients to Go Online: What to Know
Social Security scams are certainly not new, so receiving an unexpected email about your account can seem suspicious.
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Social Security Administration makes another change to application process, how will it impact you?
The agency currently has a backlog of approximately 575,000 applications thanks to a prior policy involved in the application process.
Social Security drops controversial anti-fraud review amid growing claims backlog
A month after instituting a controversial anti-fraud policy that sparked widespread concern among senior citizens, the Social ...
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s ...
DOGE fraud tracker at SSA, far from delivering satisfactory results
The phone fraud data at the Social Security Administration (SSA) presented by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ...
DOGE said 40% of the Social Security Administr’s calls were ‘fraudulent.’ Data suggests it was actually less than 1%
Elon Musk and his engineers claim 'insane' amounts of fraud in Social Security, but the real figures don’t back it up.
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DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
After installing anti-fraud checks for benefit claims made over the phone early last month, the Social Security Administration is considering walking back the policy after finding only two cases ...