(229) 235-5618

This number is being used --- s****ed I guess --- by a scammer calling to tell people they will be receiving a certified letter verifying that their monthly Social Security payment is being increased by a certain amount --- for me it would be $285.00 more. The caller was a woman with a heavy accent, not the usual south Asian sound; perhaps eastern Europe or Russia. I said I'd never known the Social Security Service to notify people by phone; they always send a letter every year to notify of the annual c****e in benefits. Of course this was a "special" --- not the annual --- increase. Putting on my most pleasant voice, I thanked her for the information and told her I'd be looking for the letter and the increase in my monthly payment. I wished her a pleasant day and ***g. Oh . . . a new wrinkle: There was a message at the beginning of the call saying it was being recorded for "security purposes." That eased my mind greatly. 8^)