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[Desertdi]

Oh NO......I try to keep all my financial info on PAPER in a regular file cabinet.     Easier for me to access....especially during an OUTAGE.   

(I tend to PANIC when the computer goes down) and yesterday I was offline from midnight to almost noon...

[chrystaltree]

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@quilter61 wrote:

I received one a few weeks ago.  It has to do with how in the future you will access your account.  You will have to use the site login.gov.  I set it up, it is a lot more secure.  Using the login.gov requires the two step verification.  I have been setting up a lot of my online financial accounts using this method.  It is more secure.

I don't understand the fear they have about emails.  If they read the email they would have received the information about keeping their SSA account secure and safe with SSA gov.  I set my account up when I first applied for benefits.  It's how applied for benefits.  It's unfortunate that their fear deprived them of the safety and security they need.  I also do all of my banking and financial transactions through secure portals that have two step verification.  

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[CalminHeart]

I receive emails from Social Security every so often.

The most recent was about their new login requirements. I did NOT click on the link but went to mysocialsecurity and the info was right there on the front page.

I use Outlook and can check the box next to the message, click on block, and it'll tell me the real sender. If it's legitimate, I cancel the block and open the message.

[Estellee]

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@50Mickey wrote:

I've been receiving Social Security since 2012. I have never received an email. What would they be emailing about? I get the notice late in the year with my new SS amount for the next year and the tax info. in january. Both of these come USPS mail. 

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@50Mickey Same for me, I don't receive emails from them, only a statement at the end of the year about increase for the following year and also tax info.mailed from usps.

[geezerette]

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@Estellee wrote:

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@50Mickey wrote:

I've been receiving Social Security since 2012. I have never received an email. What would they be emailing about? I get the notice late in the year with my new SS amount for the next year and the tax info. in january. Both of these come USPS mail. 

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@50Mickey Same for me, I don't receive emails from them, only a statement at the end of the year about increase for the following year and also tax info.mailed from usps.

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@Estellee 

@50Mickey 

If you haven't signed up for an online account with Social Security, I believe all notifications still come via USPS.  You shouldn't be getting emails from them unless you have an online account.  As far as I know.🤷‍♀️

[Desertdi]

Well, I got myself "signed up".     (Just ANOTHER thing to confuse me...I am NOT very "tech oriented").

Thank you all for bringing up this subject.    I HAD NO IDEA !!!   di

[jackthebear]

No

they will not email you out of the blue

[THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes]

Yes.

I have an online account which I created many years ago to monitor my earnings record and estimated benefits.

I received the email about converting to the new login format.

Takes only a few minutes to create the new LOGIN.GOV account.