The general director of the IMSS, Zoé Robledo, warned about fraudulent advertisements on social networks that promise affiliations to the Institute in exchange for payments. In the morning conference at the National Palace, he asked the population not to fall for these deceptions.
The official explained that the IMSS asked various platforms to remove the publications.
“False advertisements have circulated on social networks and we have asked different platforms to take them down because they are false information and also promote fraud,” he said.
The ads offer Social Security registrations for amounts of 200 or 650 pesos, even through pyramid schemes that promise to reduce the cost if more people are recruited. Robledo explained that the companies that offer these services are non-existent and simulate labor relations to improperly register people. Those who accept could unknowingly commit a crime, lose their money and be left without access to health services when the IMSS detects and cancels those records.
Legal alternative for independent workers
As a safe option, Robledo recalled that self-employed people can legally join through the Independent Worker Model, without the need for intermediaries. This scheme currently has nearly half a million voluntary members. The IMSS will launch an information campaign to prevent these frauds and reiterated that the growth of formal employment must be accompanied by better health services, more specialists, infrastructure, equipment and decent care for beneficiaries.
