Suspended subsidies? Attention to these texts on behalf of Social Security

O Social Security Institute (ISS) issued an alert for fraudulent text messages (SMS) that are circulating and misused the name of the public body. The topic is about an alleged suspension of subsidies – don't be fooled!

“A wave of fraudulent SMS messages is circulating that alert the alleged ‘suspension of subsidies’ and ask you to click on a link to regulate the situation. This message is false and must be deleted immediately“, the ISS, in notified. 

These fraudulent messages refer to “may arise associated with the same history / sender where they usually receive legitimate social security SMS, which may mislead“.

“Social Security never sends links by SMS or email to resolve to-dos, ask for data or access to external pages. If you receive this message, do not click the link, do not provide personal or banking data and delete the message from your mobile phone”, you can read. 

In addition, Social Security points out that “any verification of support, subsidies or personal data shall be carried out exclusively in your reserved area on the Social Security Portal or App after secure authentication“.

“Protect your data and share this alert with your family and friends,” the ISS recommends. 

Find out how to check your social security discounts

Social Security discounts are important for the calculation of the pension, but not only – they are also important to measure how much you receive, for example, unemployment benefit or sickness benefit.

“ Over the course of working life, the remuneration declared to Social Security is recorded in the contribution career and may be relevant for the access and calculation of social benefits, such as old age pension, unemployment benefit or sickness benefit”, explains the blog Salto do Santander. 

According to the same platform, “consulting this information regularly helps to identify incorrect or missing periods or remuneration, especially after changing jobs or when the records do not correspond to your receipts”.

Consulting these values can be done online through the Direct Social Security website. To do this, you must follow these steps:

1. Click Sign in and login to the Portal;
2. Access to Work>Remunerations and contributions> Contributory career> Consult contribution career;
3. A page with two sections is available: Career overview: contains the timeline of the social security contribution career; Consultation of career periods: contains the number of years with a wage record in Social Security;
4. Click Query Career: On this page appear the years with registered wages.

The blog Salto explains that “in the case of the general employees covered by the general scheme, the overall contribution rate is 34.75%”, and of this value:

• 11% corresponds to the employee's contribution
• 23.75% corresponds to the employer's contribution.

“ This does not mean that 34.75% of the worker's salary is deducted. The share of 11% is discounted on the employee's remuneration, while the 23.75% are supported by the employer ", can be read.