Warning!! I almost did it
@GardenGerty (163393)
United States
May 9, 2025 7:20pm CST
I am usually pretty cautious, but scammers are getting more plentiful and convincing.
In my e mail account I received notice to check my most recent Social Security Statement for accuracy. I clicked to download my account. The e mail even recommended that I use desktop or laptop for security.
So, I downloaded my "statement". It was a pdf. I was going to open it, but I clicked to open the line that tells who the sender really is. It was not Social Security. So I backed out and reported it as spam.
Don't be fooled. I nearly was.
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13 responses
@snowy22315 (189068)
• United States
20h
I went thru that this week with a scan from easy pass. I had to order a new debit card 
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@GardenGerty (163393)
• United States
2h
If I want to check in I need to remember to sign in myself, not go through a link. That is actually true of almost every thing.
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@LeaPea2417 (37813)
• Toccoa, Georgia
2h
@GardenGerty I agree, never go through a link.
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@GardenGerty (163393)
• United States
2h
I got suspicious when it wanted to access my details and possibly change them.
@wolfgirl569 (115687)
• Marion, Ohio
7h
I always go to my saved links to check things
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@GardenGerty (163393)
• United States
2h
I go directly to the SS website if I need to do anything there.
@LooeyVille (45)
• United States
7h
Oh they get braver and more deceitful all the time. Too scary what they can do to us.
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@GardenGerty (163393)
• United States
2h
It is scary, and that is why we warn each other, remind each other and have each others' backs.
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@DaddyEvil (147555)
• United States
19h
I'm glad you didn't open it. I always delete emails like that. If I want to know anything, I call Social Security or go to their website.
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@GardenGerty (163393)
• United States
2h
I was sleepy. Yes, I go through the website.
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@GardenGerty (163393)
• United States
2h
If you point your cursor at where the e mail is from it adds a line that shows you where it really is from.
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@GardenGerty (163393)
• United States
2h
And do not do anything financially important when tired or distracted.
@LindaOHio (188136)
• United States
7h
You have to be really careful these days. SS would have you log into your account to get your statement, not send it in an email.
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@GardenGerty (163393)
• United States
2h
That is true, but so many things change on a lot of my statements from month to month that it could be easy to slip up.
@MarieCoyle (43591)
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14h
I am so leary about opening scams that I just delete and block anything suspicious.
In the last month I have been bombarded with texts that I owe toll road fees. I haven’t driven my car through a toll since before the pandemic, and I paid that when I went through it. Scammers are everywhere!
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@GardenGerty (163393)
• United States
2h
This makes the third "toll road" scam I have heard of from people here on myLot. They must be super common.
@Ineeddentures (812)
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Just now
What would have happened had you opened it?
I never get stuff like that
