The latest fraud - email and voice mail

By Diane Hettrick

I really would like to know about the new Social Security amounts but there have been so many cases of fraud around notifications that I hesitated to click the link provided in the official looking email I received. 

I was trying to remember how to get into my account, when (after a nap) I looked at the address the email was sent from.

"Sociail Services e-statements" So nice to see old-fashioned fraud.

RJ Perna alerted me to one he received in a voicemail.

“Hi, this is Natalie Carson with the Tax Resolution Review Association, mid morning on Tuesday. I wanted to make one final outreach before the end of the month because your file was recently placed into a review queue and still qualifies for updated assistance programs. My line is xxx-xxx-xxxx.

"If you receive this in error, please call back and press 2 to be removed. Thank you and enjoy your week.…”

Sounds good? But he looked it up on Malware Tips

"The “Tax Mediation and Resolution Agency” phone call scam is a common impersonation-style fraud that uses official-sounding language, vague threats, and a fast-moving script to push you into calling back, sharing personal information, and in many cases sending money."

I'd be upset but I have long since decided that we live in the woods and there are wolves behind every tree. And real wolves behave better.