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Social Security
June 2001

Social Security: Getting In Touch

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We have many ways you can contact us. You can visit our Internet website, call, FAX or write us.

Visit Our Website
At our website, Social Security Online, www.ssa.gov you can:

• Apply for retirement benefit.
• Request a Social Security statement.
• Request a replacement Medicare card.
• Request a Social Security benefit statement

(Form 1099).

• Request a benefit verification letter.
• Use our benefit planner.
• Subscribe to eNews, our email newsletter.
• Find Social Security forms.
• Find the Social Security office nearest you.
• Find Social Security publications.

Call Us
Call toll-free, 1-800-772-1213, from 7 a.m. to 7p.m. on business days. A representative will:

• Answer your questions.
• Provide information about our programs.
• Take a claim for retirement or survivors benefits.
• Mail you publications.
• Make an appointment for you at the local office for an in-person visit.

If you have a touch-tone phone, recorded information and services are available 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays.
If you are deaf or hard of hearing, call our toll-free TTY number, 1-800-325-0778, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on business days.
If you're blind or print-impaired, call our Braille Services at 410-965-6414 on business days from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern time). Information is available in Braille or large print and on computer disk or cassette tape.

Try Our FAX Catalog
With a touch-tone phone and access to a FAX machine, you can use our FAX Catalog. Call toll-free, 1-888-475-7000 to get an index or request copies of publications in several languages.
A voice menu leads you through the steps. When you call, you must know the FAX number where you will receive the information.

Write To Us
Would you rather write to us? The address of our local office is listed in the phone book under "U.S. Government" in the blue pages. Or, you can write to us at Social Security, Office of Public Inquiries, Windsor Park Building , 6401 Security Boulevard , Baltimore , MD 21235 .

How Employers May Contact Us
Employers may use www.ssa.gov/employer, our Internet website, Employer Reporting Instruc­tions and Information. Information includes:

• Forms and publications.
• How to verify Social Security numbers.
• "What's new" in wage reporting.
• How to contact your Employer Se rv ice Liaison Officer for your state.

For more employer information, call the Social Security Employer Hotline, 1-800-772-6270.

Call To Report Suspected Fraud
If you think someone is using your Social Security number, call the Social Security Fraud Hotline on 1-800-269-0271 to report the misuse. For more information about Social Security number misuse, call 1-800-772-1213 and ask for our leaflet, When Someone Misuses Your Number (Publication No. 05-10064).

Social Security Administration
SSA Publication No. 05-10048 June 2001 (Recycle prior editions) ICN 460278
Unit of Issue - HD (one hundred)
Printed on recycled paper

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