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Retirees and pensioners of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) registered more than 1 million requests for reimbursement of unauthorized discounts made by associative entities.
In total numbers, 1,051,238 insured formalized the platform contest My INSS or by channel 135 of telephone service.
Another 17,963 reported that the discount was authorized. The balance was released on the afternoon of Thursday (15) by the INSS, with data calculated until 17h.
National Institute of Social Security (INSS)/Photo: © José Cruz/Agência Brasil
This is only the second day of operation of the service that allows the beneficiary to consult how much discounts have been discounts over the last few years and inform if they have been authorized or not, thus opening an administrative process to receive the money back.
There are 41 associative entities contested in all these launches, covering all who have or had some accreditation with the agency to make the discount.
About nine million policyholders have been notified since Tuesday (13) about discounts by entities and associations. Now it is possible to know the name of the entity to which the retiree or pensioner who had a discount is linked, through the service Consult discounts from associative entitiesavailable in the application.
Investigation
These discounts are investigated by the Federal Police and the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU), which investigates the performance of criminal organizations to defraud the social security benefits, unauthorizedly associating the INSS policyholders.
In all, since yesterday, more than 4.3 million users consulted the platform My INSS To check how much discounted. The deadline for requesting any reimbursement is undetermined.
Associations that have their discounts contested by a insured will have to present individualized documentation, within 15 business days, to prove the voluntary adherence of the beneficiary to discounts or to pay the money due.
In case of payment, the amount will be passed on to the National Treasury for further return to the insured’s account. These organizations will be able to use their own platform available by Dataprev (Social Security Technology and Information Company).
Since last week, those who have not had associative discounts received the following message: “Rest assured, no discount has been done in your benefit.”
Blow alert
On its website, the INSS warns that has not made telephone calls or sent SMS messages by email, WhatsApp or other different channel from the officers to inform about the discounts of associative entities.
“It is necessary to redouble the care of scams! The official contact with the INSS beneficiaries will be made exclusively through notification in the application My INSS. […] Avoid clicking on links Suspects and do not provide personal data if you receive any connection, ”the municipality said in a statement.
Information of interest to citizens will be disclosed by the Institute’s official means: the INSS website and the Official Social Networks of the INSS with a symbol of account.
If in doubt, the citizen should call the Central of Teletension 135.
