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Beware a new Social Security e-mail phishing scam
Kurt Knutsson of CyberGuy Report writes here for Fox News about a phishing scam designed to get personal information from people by suggesting their Social Security number has been suspended. Kurt notes the desired outcome is to get you to open an attachment, which can download a virus or malware onto your device or to get you to reach out to the scammer to get your personal information, in this case, over the phone. He suggest you do the following if you get this e-mail purportedly from Social Security: 1) Flag the email as junk or spam; 2) Don’t open any attachments or links; 3) Do not respond to the email or reach out to these scammers over the phone or any other method; 4) Go directly to the source, in this case www.ssa.gov. Full article here.