Elon Musk said he might have uncovered “the biggest fraud in history” when he found millions of people over age 100 listed in a Social Security database, but that’s not what’s going on.
On Sunday, Musk posted a chart on X allegedly showing more than 20 million people over 100 years old listed in “the Social Security database.”
According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field set to FALSE!
Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/ltb06VX98Z
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 17, 2025
Musk joked about “vampires” scamming Social Security and claimed this could be “the biggest fraud in history.” However, experts argue he is misinterpreting government records.
The controversy began last week when Musk, standing beside former President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, spoke about “crazy things” he had discovered in the Social Security system. He claimed the database included records of individuals who were “150 years old.”
Later, the billionaire doubled down on social media, sharing what appeared to be government data and suggesting that “millions” of people were fraudulently listed as alive in the system.
“Maybe Twilight is real, and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security,” Musk quipped in one post, referencing the famous vampire saga.
Trump backed Musk’s claims during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, citing figures that supposedly supported the fraud allegations.
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