800-835-5095

I got a letter with this number from Fedelity Investments. No Idea if it's real or not though

This is a legitimite Fidelity Investments Phone number to the 401(k) division. If you got a letter with this number please call them. It is real.

I received a letter that stated I was owed money from a job I had 13 years ago. When I called this 18008355095 it was a recording and ask me to first put in my SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, Then my DATE OF BIRTH. Needless to say, IT IS A SCAM.

I got an email with similar info to call this number and since it requested a SSN to be entered I wanted to check this phone number out first.  This turned out to be a legitimate email and phone numbr.  If you go to the Fidelity Investments for 401K webpage and go to the Customer Service page, you'll find this phone number listed there on the bottom of the page under "By Phone":  https://401k.fidelity.com/public/content/401k/Home/CustomerService

Linda,
I did the same like you.  The first thing I check is the phone number.  However, this phone number 1-800-835-5095 is NOT a legitimate phone number of Fidelity.  The phone number for Fidelity is 1-800-835-5097, NOT 1-800-835-5095.  This is a SCAM phone number.  They make the phone number be very close to the Fidelity phone number, but not exactly the same.  so if you do not read the number carefully, you will be scammed by the scam email.

Also the link Linda provided is suspect: none of the Fidelity sites appear to begin that way, and going to that link redirects to an even MORE suspicious site. Stay away from the number and the link.

Don't click on that link: it is suspect.

This is a legitimate number from Fidelity Investments. If you Google this number, you'll find it on:  which is a valid Fidelity site as indicated by the valid SSL certificate shown in my screenshots. In light of the paranoid posts here, I also verified the number through their customer service chat on the main page of their website: .

I'm no longer able to edit my post and my URLs were left out so I have included them below.
With SSL Certificates: https://401k.fidelity.com/public/content/Shared/Security/ProtectionGuarantee
Main Page for Chat Assistance: https://www.fidelity.com

Another from their verified Twitter account using this number:
https://twitter.com/fidelity/status/440931347977097216

Learn to use the Internet properly! This is a valid number!

It's a correct number. It is a couple of digits off because it is not the "main" number.  No scam.  I have talked with them on that number. - (former LIN-owned tv station employee)

when you get email never call the number, never click on the link. google the company in question and get contact info. or if you have the number you know is correct use that. don't trust. do your own research.

E-mail stated to call them about an inquiry I made. I never made any inquiry. This is a scam.

Who is trying to get you to fall for the scam.

Sigh.  It's real.  It is from Fidelity.  If they say they owe you a check it is likely from a loan over-payment you made or something like that.  It is good to be skeptical.  You can do the same thing that I did.  I would do this if there were ANY messages from Fidelity or a bank or whatever:

1) Don't call the number in the email or click on any links.
2) Go to the legit home page of that company.  In this case Fidelity.com
3) Find the customer service number on their site and call it.

This way you know you are calling the legit cust service number for Fidelity.  Then, ask them about the email and they will let you know whether it is real or not, etc.  It's pretty simple.

As far as the phone number goes, the very last digit in the one in the email is a 5.  On their site the official number is the exact same number, except the last number is 7.  It is INCREDIBLY UNLIKELY that a phone scammer would get a phone number that is in the same block as the real Fidelity phone number.  Fidelity probably bought an entire block of phone numbers.  Their advertised one that ends in 7 and the one in the email that ends in 5 probably go to the same place, as do all of the phone numbers in that block.  Also, the link in the email takes you to fn.fidelity.com which is legit.  But still, just follow my instructions above and you won't have any problems.

Just because you call a place and it immediately asks for your SSN doesn't mean it is a scam, and you people shouldn't automatically jump to such conclusions.  What it does mean is that Fidelity needs to change that recording in some way, because everyone here is actually RIGHT to be suspicious.

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If this is a legitimate call from Fidelity, they should leave voicemail, not just hang up when you don't answer. They need to get more savvy. No one with any awareness of scams is going to give out their SS number to a cold call.

This number IS a SCAM. NOT from Fidelity. Regular mail or email; don't call. Confirmed NOT VALID in the Cincinnati office. Be careful.