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Social Security & Medicare

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SorellaLaBefana

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Sun Dec 15, 2024, 08:02 AM Dec 2024

Just got email saying important information added to my SSA and needed to login. Thought of posting this in Humor... [View all]

You have a new message at my Social Security. You may log in to your account to view new Message Center items.

Checking VirusTotal it passed as legitimate SS notice, with valid links.

So I went to the ssa.gov website, where I discovered that it is not a 24/7/365 thing as was greeted with
Please try again during our regular service hours (Eastern Time):

Day Service Hours
Monday-Friday 4:15 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Saturday 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Federal Holidays Same hours as the day the holiday occurs.
If you need immediate assistance:

You may call us Monday through Friday: 8:00AM - 7:00PM

https://secure.ssa.gov/RIL/SiView.action

This is a WEBSITE we are talking about! The whole point of which is that it is available all the time, even when an office or business is closed.

You CANNOT make this up =^ ? ^=

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If you don't know what VT is, here is the link:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

I *never* (well, except when I don't) click on email link or visit an unfamiliar website without checking it out in VT first which scans the link with almost 100 virus/malware checkers.

No, it doesn't take very long.




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