Hoaxes And Scams Against Seniors!

Many seniors find themselves in a place where Scam Artist and Purveyors of Hoaxes use all kinds of ways to rip them off. Banking and Credit Info, Insurance, Investment and probably the most used is Posing as some part of the Social Security System.

Make sure you are aware of these different tactics and when receiving a phone call, inquiry through the US Postal Service and/or including an E-Mail request, make sure that you contact the sender through a return call to or search for the legitimate Company or Agency on the Internet.

Regardless of how youthful you believe you are, make sure of what you are doing before giving out any of your Information. Even Social Security’s ‘Public Affaires Specialist’ Tom Clark warns:

In an effort to combat such frauds, we want to make one thing perfectly clear: Social Security will not send you an e-mail asking you to give us your personal information, such as your Social Security number, date of birth, or other private information. If someone saying they are from Social Security does e-mail you requesting information, don't respond to the message. Instead contact your local Social Security office or call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) to see whether we really need any information from you.

We need to be continually solvent that our Senior Youthfulness will always be funded!
Until next time, DP