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Not receiving authentication/verification code from SSA Benefits website.
Hola all!
Over the past weeks I have not been receiving various codes that a website will send in order to authenticate your login. Specifically the SSA Benefits website. Has anyone else has this issue, what did you do to resolve it? I am trying to avoid having to get a code mailed which takes days. Is this a TMobile issue?
Same here. So far SS cannot help. First thing they ask is do you have T-mobile service? They know it is a T-Mobile issue
4/21/24. I am unable to receive the authentication code for my social security account. Help?
I changed the caller id to match the ssa account name but unfortunately it still doesn't work. thanks for the suggestion though. I'll post here if tmobile support is able to help.
thanks I’ll see if i can make them match
also i confirmed with ssa that they show the code is being sent to my phone number. I'm just not receiving it - so i don't think it will be the same issue as you mentioned but I'd be glad to take a look.
@fireguy_6364 thanks!
for the life of me i cant find the other thread but i remember there being an issue with getting short codes from SSA and it ended up being something to do with SSA not being able to identify you because the line doesnt have any details about you..pretty much not linked to any address...name..etc.
if i run across it on my site travels i’ll copy the link and post it in here as a reference
I'm having the same issue receiving a short code from social security admin. - Its an authentication short code 79913. we confirmed no short code blocking is on the line. it works fine for one of our accounts/phone numbers, but not the other. We've switched sim cards and confirmed the issue follows the phone number, meaning it isn't an issue with the phone itself. So I'm thinking the issue has to be something with the sim card or behind the scenes at tmobile. The issue has been escalated at tmobile for over a week now so hopefully they'll resolve. I was curious if anyone else ever resolved this?
the line is post paid and i’ve only noticed the issue with this one short code from SSA so far.
This is happened several times to me over the last few years… Super frustrating! What I found is calling support and asking them to remove the short code block, if they do not understand what you're talking about explain to them what it is that you need the code for. For example Social Security, google Facebook whatever… Good luck
