In an Oct. 8 scam alert, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) warned against malicious actors resorting to fake Supreme Court letters to dupe social security recipients out of their money.
The government impostor scam involves “an official-looking letter identified as a ‘certificate’ on a fake U.S. Supreme Court letterhead using forged signatures of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor,” the watchdog said, adding that fraudsters may also send emails or texts claiming to be from the Supreme Court.
“This high-pressure scam urges individuals to cooperate with the named SSA official, pressuring them to send money or share personal information.”…