6/2024 -Note: The Social Security Administration (SSA) has issued a scam alert following recent reports of fraudulent activities. Claims of a $600 payment increase in June are FALSE; no Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will occur until January 2025. Additionally, be aware of scammers impersonating SSA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) agents who request in-person cash handoffs. Never give cash to anyone claiming to be an SSA OIG agent.

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My Social Security account is a personalized online account that people can use beginning in their working years and continuing throughout the time they receive Social Security benefits.

OTHER INFORMATION:
If you receive benefits, you can use a my Social Security online account to:
• get your benefit verification letter;
• check your benefit and payment information and your earnings record;
• change your address and phone number; and
• start or change direct deposit of your benefit payment.

If you do not receive benefits, you can use a my Social Security online account to get your Social Security Statement, to review:
• estimates of your retirement, disability, and survivors benefits;
• your earnings record; and
• the estimated Social Security and Medicare taxes you’ve paid.