Office of the Inspector General

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The Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General mission is to serve the public through independent oversight of SSA's programs and operations.

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Scam Warning!

Scammers are pretending to be from SSA and OIG. The scammer might have some or all of your personal information. SSA and OIG will never ask you to transfer money to protect it, meet you in person to exchange cash, gift cards, crypto currency, gold bars, or require you to keep information secret or confidential.

Learn more at ssa.gov/scam.

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