Alice I was looking at that pic of you then it changed to a small
one,..That was cool.
Jerry
++++SCAM+++
http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/pr/colaPhishingScam-pr.htm OR
http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/pr/colaPhishingScam-pr-alt.pdf Public
Warned about E-mail Scam
SOCIAL SECURITY
News Release
Public Warned about E-mail Scam
Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security, and Patrick
O'Carroll, Jr., Inspector General of Social Security, issued a warning
today about a new email scam that has surfaced recently. The Agency has
received several reports of an email message being circulated with the
subject "Cost-of-Living for 2007 update" and purporting to be from the
Social Security Administration. The message provides information about
the 3.3 percent benefit increase for 2007 and contains the following
"NOTE: We now need you to update your personal information. If this is
not completed by November 11, 2006, we will be forced to suspend your
account indefinitely." The reader is then directed to a website designed
to look like Social Security's Internet website.
"I am outraged that someone would target an unsuspecting public in this
manner," said Commissioner Barnhart. "I have asked the Inspector General
to use all the resources at his command to find and prosecute whoever is
perpetrating this fraud."
Once directed to the phony website, the individual is asked to register
for a password and to confirm their identity by providing personal
information such as the individual's Social Security number, bank
account information and credit card information. Inspector General
O'Carroll recommends people always take precautions when giving out
personal information. "You should never provide your Social Security
number or other personal information over the Internet or by telephone
unless you are extremely confident of the source to whom you are
providing the information," O'Carroll said. To report receipt of this
email message or other suspicious activity to Social Security's Office
of Inspector General, please call the OIG Hotline at 1-800-269-0271. (If
you are deaf or hard of hearing, call the OIG TTY number at
1-866-501-2101). A Public Fraud Reporting form is also available online
at OIG's website www.socialsecurity.gov/oig.
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Security information and statistics,
are available at SSA's Internet site, Social Security Online, at
http://www.socialsecurity.gov.
SSA Press Office 440 Altmeyer Bldg. 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD
21235
410-965-8904 FAX 410-966-99731
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