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Old 07-03-2025, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
I just received an email from the Social Security Administration with several links to click on. How do they expect people to stop clicking on email links when even the Federal Government sends out emails asking people to click on a link? I think this is a legitimate email, but I have no way to know for sure.
What email address is it from? What is the URL of the links? Why not skip the links and go directly to the SSA website?
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