India, Oct. 10 -- Senior citizens in the United States who are receiving Social Security benefits need to be careful. An ongoing scam is targeting this section of society and trying to commit fraud with them. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG), under the Social Security Administration (SSA), has issued an alert regarding this matter.

According to Newsweek, this scam targets elderly members by producing a letter on a fake US Supreme Court letterhead and contains fake signatures of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

The official website of the SSA gave a detailed explanation of how the scam operates:

"The scam letter is personally addressed to the recipient and claims they are a primary suspect in connection w...