Re: [** UTF-8 charset **] Fwd: [New post] Scam of the day – August 11, 2016 – New safety measures at Social Security

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How did you go about disabling it?  Can I disable it without signing up
electronically?

 > From: Flora  <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
 > Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:07:02 -0400
 >
 > Steven Weisman is suggesting that you set up your "My Social Security
 > Account" before someone else fraudulently does. I set mine up a few years
 > ago, but disabled it after my identity theft. Now I must go to a Social
 > Security office to make any changes - just as Steven states in the last
 > paragraph of this email.
 >
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 > From: "Scamicide" <http://www.wordpress.com/~donotreply>
 > Date: Aug 10, 2016 7:29 PM
 > Subject: [New post] Scam of the day â?? August 11, 2016 â?? New safety measures
 > at Social Security
 > To: <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
 > Cc:
 > 
 > Steven Weisman, Esq. posted: "The Social Security Administration (SSA) has
 > > a helpful online service called My Social Security Account which allows you
 > > to set up a personal online account with the SSA that enables you to view
 > > your earnings history and estimates of benefits as well as m"
 > >
 > > New post on *Scamicide*
 > > <http://scamicide.com/?author=2> Scam of the day â?? August 11, 2016 â?? New
 > > safety measures at Social Security
 > > <
 > > http://scamicide.com/2016/08/10/scam-of-the-day-august-11-2016-new-safety-measures-at-social-security/
 > > > by
 > > Steven Weisman, Esq. <http://scamicide.com/?author=2>
 > >
 > > The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a helpful online service
 > > called My Social Security Account which allows you to set up a personal
 > > online account with the SSA that enables you to view your earnings history
 > > and estimates of benefits as well as manage your benefits online including
 > > changing your address or starting or changing direct electronic deposits of
 > > your check into a bank account you may designate.  In accordance with a
 > > recent executive order requiring federal agencies to provide better
 > > authentication for online services, the SSA is now requiring dual factor
 > > authentication be used on all My Social Security Accounts so that whenever
 > > a person wishes to access his or her account, he or she would first enter
 > > his username and password, after which an eight digit security code will be
 > > sent to the person's smartphone to be used to complete the signing in
 > > process.  Dual factor authentication is an effective security measure used
 > > by many companies.
 > >
 > > My Social Security Account is a tremendously convenient service, but it
 > > also provides a great opportunity for scammers, who have been setting up My
 > > Social Security Accounts on behalf of seniors who have not already set up
 > > such accounts for themselves.  The scammers then make changes to the
 > > victim's account by directing the benefits checks to be sent to bank
 > > accounts controlled by the scammers.  Even though  the Social Security
 > > Administration requires verification of personal information by asking
 > > questions that only the Social Security recipient should know as part of
 > > the process for opening a My Social Security Account, too often this
 > > information is available to a determined identity thief who is thereby able
 > > to fraudulently open an account in the name of the intended victim.  The
 > > introduction of dual factor authentication by SSA will not do anything to
 > > prevent an identity thief from initially setting up a My Social Security
 > > Account in the name of his or her victim.
 > >
 > > TIPS
 > >
 > > Just as the best defense against income tax identity theft is to file your
 > > income tax return before an identity thief attempts does so in your name,
 > > so the best defense against the fraudulent setting up of a My Social
 > > Security Account in your name is for you to set one up first and protect
 > > its safety with a strong username and password.  For information about
 > > signing up for a My Social Security Account go to
 > > https://ssa.gov/myaccount/
 > >
 > > You can also require that any changes to the bank account into which your
 > > check is electronically deposited only be done at a Social Security branch
 > > office and not on your online account.