We are committed to protecting your information and benefits and take this responsibility seriously. That’s why we ask you to verify your identity to create a personal Social Security account. We work with external partners to securely verify your identity. We do this to protect your data while making our online services easy for you to use.

Ready to sign up? You can now create your new Social Security account through our credential partner, Login.gov, or you can access your information using your ID.me account if you have one.

Internet scam artists use clever “phishing” schemes to defraud millions of people each year. Phishing is the practice of using social engineering techniques over email to trick a recipient into revealing personal information, clicking on a malicious link, or opening a malicious attachment.