‘Biggest fraud in history’: DOGE finds 395 million SS numbers for 344.9 million population

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News February 17, 2025

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has apparently discovered there are 395 million Social Security numbers in the United States for a population of 344.9 million people.

Elon Musk took to X on Monday to note that data shows there are more than 20 million people between the ages of 100 and 306 listed as alive on the Social Security database.

“Yes, there are FAR more ‘eligible’ social security numbers than there are citizens in the USA. This might be the biggest fraud in history,” Musk wrote.

America has roughly 100,000 citizens over the age of 100, according to the Pew Research Center, but none is older than 114. The oldest documented age for anyone in modern times was 122, according to the Guinness Book.

Between fiscal years 2015 and 2022, the Social Security Administration sent almost $71.8 billion in improper payments, according to a July 2024 agency inspector general report. The inspector general’s office called improper payments “a longstanding challenge.”

A November 2021 inspector general’s report found $298 million in payments after death to some 24,000 beneficiaries. (About $84 million was returned, the report said.)


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