Yes, Social Security needs you to update your account

Criminals are increasingly impersonating government agencies like the Social Security Administration to try to defraud you. Scam artists online use so-called “phishing” schemes, usually through email, to trick millions of people each year into giving up personal information or money.

At VERIFY, we’re dedicated to helping you figure out what’s true and false.

One of the top questions we get is whether an email a viewer has received is a scam. Some scam emails can look legitimate, but there are ways to figure out for yourself if an email is fake.

Tiffany P. recently contacted VERIFY after receiving an email claiming she needed to click a link to create a new account to continue accessing her Social Security online services. She worried it might be malicious.

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What information do I need to assemble to create this login?