When you get an unexpected email like this you should ask yourself two questions: 1) is there any reasonable way that the purported sender would have you email. Chances are, unless you signed up online for some special services with the sender, then the email is either a mass mailing or a phishing scam. 2) unless there is personally identifiable info in the email it is probably spam.
Anybody can stumble across your e-mail by random generation, or robots that crawl the web gathering emails posted to boards like this one. The challenge is connecting real world info to that address; like your real name, or street address. But don't forget rule 1. Even if you get an email from the SSA with your address and real name you should ask ”did I ever sign up online and give them my email"?
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