LIHU‘E — Anyone who receives an unsolicited email also known as spam from what appears to be the Social Security Administration (SSA) should delete it, officials with the Kaua‘i Police Department said in a Thursday press release. The spam tells
LIHU‘E — Anyone who receives an unsolicited email also known as spam from what appears to be the Social Security Administration (SSA) should delete it, officials with the Kaua‘i Police Department said in a Thursday press release.
The spam tells users that something is wrong with their Social Security accounts and directs them to a bogus SSA website. Once on the Web site, the user is prompted to type his social security number and then download a false statement.
If the user follows the instructions and downloads the statement, his computer will become infected by a virus that can obtain his personal information and gain access to his bank accounts.
“We want to alert the public about this new phishing scam and hope that people don’t fall prey to it and become victims of identity theft,” Detective Randy Chong Tim said in the release.
