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A fact from SSA impersonation scam appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 December 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in a three-month period in mid- to late 2020, nearly half of Americans were subject to an SSA impersonation scam robocall?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/SSA impersonation scam.

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Requested move 11 December 2020

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The result of the move request was: page moved. JJP...MASTER!_{[talk to] JJP... master?} 01:13, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Social Security Scam → SSA impersonation scam – My fault - I originally wrote the title as Social Security Scam and put that on my user page as the title for the article, then decided to change the title, RadixxTheNefarious published the page with the old title. Reason why I think this would be a better title is that it brings it in line with articles such as IRS impersonation scam and reflects that the scam is operated by people who impersonate the social security administration, not the SSA itself. Pahunkat (talk) 17:50, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Pahunkat: I do agree, as similar articles are titled as such and the original title does make it seem as the SSA itself is scamming. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RadixxTheNefarious (talk • contribs) 18:32, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How about spelling it out, Social Security Administration impersonation scam? Would be more accessible. – Thjarkur (talk) 21:02, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Thjarkur: We could do that, but it's a bit of a mouthful so could be created as a redirect with a note (perhaps WP:CONCISE should be applied here, but feel free to disagree with me on this). Also it would mean having to rename IRS impersonation scam. Pahunkat (talk) 21:29, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Suppprt - a move to either the suggested title or a lower-case version of the existing one. Primergrey (talk) 00:04, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Pahunkat: I have moved this article for you as you, the only substantial contributor, have requested a move. JJP...MASTER!_{[talk to] JJP... master?} 01:13, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:39, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in the three months preceding November 2020, almost half of Americans were subject to an SSA impersonation scam robocall? Source: "Nearly half of Americans were targeted by a Social Security scam in the three months prior to November 2020" ([1])
- ALT1:... that in 2019 over $37 million USD were lost by victims of the SSA impersonation scam? Source: "That’s as individuals reported losing almost $153 million to government imposter schemes in 2019, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Of that, more than $37 million was attributed to Social Security scams.") ([2])

Created by Pahunkat (talk) and RadixxTheNefarious (talk). Nominated by Pahunkat (talk) at 19:11, 18 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

N.B. I've got no DYK's, so I think I'm exempt from QPQ (but if I'm wrong then ping me here). Thanks, Pahunkat (talk) 19:36, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Date, length and hook all OK (my preference is for the original). QPQ is not needed as this is the first nomination. No close paraphrasing. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 21:05, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]