Originally Posted by
Rex G
I agree with HCM. This was almost certainly PHISHING. That is what happens when they do NOT really have your complete data, and are hoping that you will with take their BAIT.
Just clicking on their link is a minor victory, as it confirms, to them, that there is a real, live fish. Actually telling them anything, on-line or by phone, is giving them more. Giving them as one more numeral or letter of your real data is a win, for them. If they get your mother’s maiden name, or the last four of your social, or, heaven forbid, your entire social and/or D.O.B., well, they have really won. Folks will see a phishing e-mail, then take the bait, and give them those identifiers, all too frequently.
Do not take their bait. Do not even make a ripple, that lets them know that you really exist.