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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter
A simple Internet search, on "Transition Your Social Security Account Today, will provide you with several explanations as to the fact this is a scam.
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Originally Posted by Boomer
I just did that and 3 different hits said it is legit. One was the damned omnipresent AI that popped up its explanation immediately. I always go beyond AI though. The other two were a television station somewhere, and then a. relatively professionally done YouTube video that explained it.
Supposedly this transition is needed for those who created online accounts before September of 2021. I don't know for sure when I did that, but do remember the reason was due to issues with mail delivery when mail was being stolen from drop off mailboxes in my home city. (Postal carriers had been robbed of keys and all the keys fit all the mailboxes.)
If this is legit, it could have been better announced. With SS cuts in staff it is now more impossible than ever to get through by phone call.
I wish I could just switch back to mail-only now and take my chances. I will log on the old way and see if that is an option. The only time I use it is for my form at tax time.
Btw, the YouTube video says this has caused a whole lot of confusion. Of course it has, especially for those of us on SS who are highly vigilant about scams -- or should be.
It's a fine mess they've got us in now,, huh.
Boomer
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First of all, earnest though they may be, most of this thread’s posts were the standard advice to never click on an unknown email link. Of course, I would never click on anything that makes me wary. I know 3 people who were scammed, and I never would have guessed it could have happened to any of them.
Bogie, my response to your “look it up” post (both quoted above) shows I found things that look legit saying the email is legit, so which is correct? In your post, you wrote there are “several explanations as to the FACT that this is a SCAM.” ……
But. But. But. I found several explanations that said it is not a scam.
I asked TOTV because I was hoping to find info here from those who had received this email, too. (And, btw, retiredguy123 is right in his post saying SS does send emails. Maybe it is just to those with online accounts. But emails SS does certainly send.)
So? Which answer is right, according to the almighty internet, in this fact-free society where we all now live?
Oh well, I don’t have time to click around and d _ _ _ around with this right now.
Boomer