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NEW SCAMMERS FAKE SOCIAL SECURITY EMAIL
With a subject line “Get Protected” it gets your attention when you look at it in your inbox .The email goes through new features from the Social Security Administration (SSA) to help taxpayers monitor their credit reports, and know about unauthorized use of their Social Security number. It even sounds real, as it even cites the IRS and the “American S.A.F.E Act 2015.” but it is all made-up.
If you read my previous blog about phishing emails you know this method is used to invite the reader to click on a scammer’s link. When you do so, it allows the scammer to install malware – like a virus and spyware – on your computer. It even could encrypt your hard drive and hold your PC hostage until you pay the random price to unlock it. Or the link might send you to a spoof site, which is a look-alike website setup by the scammer to trick you into entering your personal information
More details at Office of the Inspector General – Social Security Administration
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