Contact Social Security
The best of the 4 ways to get in touch with Social Security by GetHuman
Social Security Phone Number
800-772-1213 · Customer Service
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Help me with my issueSocial Security Live Chat
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Recent reasons customers contacted Social Security:
Help desk, Need help in setting up a new account on ssa.gov my info is correct but the...
I need my social security card
I received a letter which doesn’t make sense. So I am calling to inquire on the letter.
why isn't there a way to retreive my user name on log in?
Need to speak to someone about my child's s.s. benefits I have not receive my card
This is the third time that I write this fact.*I did not get the right increase in my S...
To whom must present this difference?
I would like the error corrected
Correct the error please.
My **** increase was not *.*% but only @*.**% *To whom do a report this error? This is...
My social security increase was much less than announced. To whom do I report this fact?
SS new increase was supposed to be *.*% but I received *.**% there I big difference. To...
More customer issuesHelp me with my issueSocial Security contact information - compared
Above are our top recommendations for how to contact Social Security, including their top phone number and live chat options. Below you can compare and contrast the 4 ways to contact Social Security by looking at which ones are the fastest and which ones other customers recommend the most for solving Social Security customer service issues as reported to us by the 50 million or so customers that come to GetHuman each year and share their experiences. You can contact Social Security across the following mediums: Phone, Web.
800-772-1213
Customer Service
Customer Service
38 mins
264
800-269-0271
Fraud Detection
Fraud Detection
2 mins
1727
Online Help
Customer Service
Customer Service
< 2 hrs
1860
410-965-9334
International Customer Service
International Customer Service
14 mins
925
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