Determining if a message from Social Security is a scam
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Hint: Pay attention to emails, ignore phone calls.
A financial adviser contacted me recently to ask if the email he received from the Social Security Administration reminding him to review his estimated benefits statement online was valid.
"Does Social Security send out these types of emails, or is it a scam?" he asked.
Coincidently, I received a
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