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A double-barrelled warning this time. Anyone who has a social security number, or an Android cellphone (that’s Google’s system, not Apple’s iPhone) are at risk from some very ingenious scammers right now. (And iPhone users shouldn’t feel too safe, they may be attacked in future.) There’s a phony letter going around, supposedly from a Supreme Court Justice, that threatens people’s Social Security numbers. Android phone users are all too likely to have an app that’s infected with some nasty malware – because hundreds of such apps have been downloaded over 38 million times! Here’s the bad news, and the good news about how to stay safe.
