- Contact comes by phone, text, email, social media or letter
- They claim you must activate, register for or apply for the COLA
- Some use real employee names, fake letters or details about you to seem real
- A fee to receive or increase your benefit
- A request to change direct deposit or share bank details
- Links to official-looking sites, or a push to download software
- Don't pay, click or share personal information
- Find the agency's contact details yourself, not from the message
- A my Social Security account at ssa.gov/myaccount helps you watch your benefits
- Report it at ssa.gov/scam
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