Immigration Services Scam
Scammers impersonate USCIS or immigration lawyers, demanding payment for visa processing or threatening deportation.
🚩 Red Flags
- ⚠USCIS demanding payment by phone
- ⚠Threats of deportation without written notice
- ⚠Guaranteed visa approval
- ⚠"Notario" claiming legal authority
🛡️ Protect Yourself
- →HANG UP: USCIS doesn't call demanding payment
- →VERIFY at uscis.gov only
- →USE only licensed immigration attorneys
- →CHECK lawyer at your state bar website
More Details
- “Your visa has been flagged”
- “Pay processing fee to avoid deportation”
- “Special expedited green card processing”
- “USCIS requires immediate payment”
Common Questions
Never. IRS contacts by mail first, never threatens immediate arrest, never demands gift cards or crypto.
No. SSNs cannot be suspended — this is impossible. Any message saying this is 100% a scam.
Never. Warrants go through courts, not phone payments. Hang up.
Hang up. Call the agency using the number from their .gov website. IRS: 1-800-829-1040. SSA: 1-800-772-1213.
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73% of Americans targeted(Pew, 2025)
|$470M lost to text scams in 2024(FTC)
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