If y'all are a regime contractor , odds are y'all guide hold to register alongside SAMS to instruct paid. You tin produce this yourself at no cost. So why produce y'all hold getting e-mails from people who state they desire to assist you?
It is that fourth dimension of twelvemonth again. Even though my SAMS registration doesn't expire until slow August , I am getting e-mails every twenty-four hours exhorting me to telephone telephone or log on to a site to "renew" my SAMS registration. If I don't produce this , all sorts of bad things volition happen! I won't instruct novel business! I won't instruct paid! Oh me , oh my!
What did I state earlier almost fear? It is non an emotion to locomote trusted.
What is upwardly alongside these e-mails? Well , for starters , fifty-fifty though they audio similar they come upwardly from official regime websites , they are not. Any draw organisation human relationship entered into based on a prevarication , no affair how piddling , volition instruct downhill from there. And the "lie" hither is that these companies are somehow related Uncle Sam , when they are not.
What are they after? Your money. Duh.
They desire i of 2 things:
1. They desire to "help" y'all renew your registration online for a fee , which is unnecessary every bit y'all tin instruct to the SAMS site together with renew your registration past times yourself , for free. Yes , it is a cumbersome site , together with has page subsequently page of crap y'all guide hold to tabulate through together with re-confirm that , dissimilar Trump , y'all guide hold no connector to Russian Federation or other unusual governments. Gee , possibly he should guide hold to register through SAMS , eh? So this commencement variety of con is simply bespeak y'all to pay a few hundred dollars to produce something y'all tin produce yourself for free.2. They desire to steal your regime contract money. They promise that or thence low-level clerk inward your society was designated every bit contact signal for the SAMS registration together with that they tin scare said clerk inward to coughing upwardly the username together with password for the draw organisation human relationship past times fooling them into believing they are logging inward or talking to , a regime agency. Once they guide hold this information , they tin instruct online together with "renew" your registration together with change your banking information for ACH credit payment. That $50 ,000 contract payment y'all got from the U.S. Department of Redundancy Department is straight off going to an offshore Cayman Islands draw organisation human relationship together with no , the regime isn't going to pay it again. Your fault for giving out the password together with user name. You are out l grand!
How produce they instruct your contact information? From the SAMS site. It seems that fifty-fifty if y'all click on "do non issue my information" your e-mail address together with other information gets published or is accessible to Blue Planet anyway.
So how to y'all foreclose this sort of fraud? Like anything else , it requires vigilance together with paying attention. Docket your SAMS renewal appointment together with brand certain to renew it yourself. Don't set or thence low-level clerk or secretarial assistant every bit contact signal for this of import information - or whatever other variety of responsibleness involving coin , for that matter. Train your staff to locomote skeptical almost anyone contacting the society together with bespeak for whatever variety of information or payments. Many a draw solid has been ripped-off when a low-level clerk sends a wire transfer or other payment for a specious invoice or based on a telephone phone telephone supposedly from a senior partner or other higher-up inward the company.
It is interesting that many scams today don't target simply the pitiful or elderly , but rather target pocket-size companies , police firms , together with the like. They know that such companies are frequently haphazardly run , together with that many pocket-size businessmen are "too busy" to bargain alongside details similar , good y'all know , the money. So they hire a clerk to residual the books or inquire their secretarial assistant to hold rails of these things. The work is , frequently a pocket-size draw organisation or police draw solid finds out subsequently 20 years of difficult operate , Suzie retires together with it turns out she was embezzling the entire fourth dimension she worked there. Never set all those eggs inward that i basket.
And fifty-fifty if Suzie is honest together with not tempted past times treatment all of your money (most of which y'all owe to other people , but she doesn't instruct that) she may locomote bamboozled or tricked into giving it away or giving away information that allows others access to your accounts. Yes , keeping rails of things is a "hassle" for a pocket-size businessman. But failing to hold rails of things tin lawsuit inward enormous losses over fourth dimension , or fifty-fifty a old huge loss.
Pay attention. Because no i else is going to produce it for you.
UPDATE: Here is an lawsuit of i of these e-mails I get. I guide hold gotten over 100 inward the terminal few months , from all sorts of different companies. THIS IS AN E-MAIL FROM H5N1 SCAM COMPANY THAT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU $$$ TO DO SOMETHING YOU CAN DO FOR FREE!!
This electronic mail was sent past times an automated administrator. Please produce non response to this message.
Dear ROBERT BELL ,
This is a message regarding your registration inward the U.S. Federal Government's System for Award Management (SAM) for BELL , ROBERT P which is expiring 8/25/2017. It is almost fourth dimension to update your annual registration.
Failure to update together with consummate the registration procedure , may interfere alongside your regime funding together with awards because your SAM registration must locomote active , consummate together with compliant for whatever federal awards , funding , or assistance to locomote paid. Per SAM policy , incomplete registrations may locomote placed into DELETED INFORMATION STATUS inside the system.
To start out the updating procedure , choose the link below together with follow the instructions. H5N1 Registration Advisor volition locomote inward contact inside 24 draw organisation hours to consummate your SAM Registration Service submission.
CLICK TO RENEW SAM REGISTRATION
Please guide hold your CAGE CODE ready.
Copyright 2016 , All rights reserved.
(Ha-ha - regime communications are non copyrighted! Gave way the game , my friend!)
UPDATE: Here is an lawsuit of the alone LEGITIMATE renewal notice from the SAMS website:
This electronic mail was sent past times an automated administrator from the official U.S. regime SAM.gov website. Please produce non response to this message.
SUBJECT: Your SAM.gov Registration for [BELL , ROBERT P] volition expire on August 25 , 2017.
Dear Robert Bell ,
Your entity registration inward the System for Award Management (SAM) volition expire soon. To locomote eligible for federal awards , y'all must guide hold an active SAM registration. It is your responsibleness to hold your registration current. If y'all guide hold existing awards alongside the regime , y'all must renew your SAM registration annually to ensure continued payments
SAM.gov is an official website of the U.S. government. There is NO FEE to register or maintain your SAM registration.
To update or renew your registration , follow these instructions.
1. Go to the official SAM.gov website past times entering https://www.sam.gov/ inward your Internet browser address bar.
2. Enter your username together with password to log into SAM.
3. Select “Entity Registrations” on the My SAM page
4. Select “Existing Entity Registrations” from the “Entity Registrations” menu.
5. Select the entity y'all desire to update from the Entity List , or search for the entity , thence choose it.
6. Select “Update Entity” from Registration Details for Complete Record.
7. Complete your registration update past times next the on-screen instructions.
8. Select “Submit” at the really end. You volition run into a “Congratulations” message on the covert when y'all submit your renewal.
HELPFUL TIPS
1. Plan ahead! U.S. registrations must instruct through Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) validation. All registrations must instruct through Commercial together with Government Entity (CAGE) Code validation. Together , these processes tin accept upwardly to twelve draw organisation days subsequently y'all submit your registration. While the average is much faster , allow fourth dimension for these external processes together with start out your renewal now.
2. Get FREE assist at https://www.sam.gov on the HELP page where y'all volition find:
- The total SAM User Guide , Quick Start Guides , Helpful Hints , together with Webinars
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
3. Check your registration condition at whatever time. Go to the SAM.gov homepage at https://www.sam.gov/ together with choose Check Status. Enter your DUNS Number or CAGE Code to speedily banking concern agree your progress.
If y'all nevertheless demand assist subsequently using these resources , delight contact the Federal Service Desk at https://www.fsd.gov/ or past times telephone at 866-606-8220 (toll free) or at 334-206-7828 (international). The Federal Service Desk is a FREE service of the U.S. regime , supporting SAM together with other systems owned together with operated past times the U.S. government.
Thank y'all ,
The System for Award Management (SAM) Administrator
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UPDATE: Here is an lawsuit of i of these e-mails I get. I guide hold gotten over 100 inward the terminal few months , from all sorts of different companies. THIS IS AN E-MAIL FROM H5N1 SCAM COMPANY THAT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU $$$ TO DO SOMETHING YOU CAN DO FOR FREE!!
This electronic mail was sent past times an automated administrator. Please produce non response to this message.
Dear ROBERT BELL ,
This is a message regarding your registration inward the U.S. Federal Government's System for Award Management (SAM) for BELL , ROBERT P which is expiring 8/25/2017. It is almost fourth dimension to update your annual registration.
Failure to update together with consummate the registration procedure , may interfere alongside your regime funding together with awards because your SAM registration must locomote active , consummate together with compliant for whatever federal awards , funding , or assistance to locomote paid. Per SAM policy , incomplete registrations may locomote placed into DELETED INFORMATION STATUS inside the system.
To start out the updating procedure , choose the link below together with follow the instructions. H5N1 Registration Advisor volition locomote inward contact inside 24 draw organisation hours to consummate your SAM Registration Service submission.
CLICK TO RENEW SAM REGISTRATION
Please guide hold your CAGE CODE ready.
Copyright 2016 , All rights reserved.
(Ha-ha - regime communications are non copyrighted! Gave way the game , my friend!)
* * *
UPDATE: Here is an lawsuit of the alone LEGITIMATE renewal notice from the SAMS website:
This electronic mail was sent past times an automated administrator from the official U.S. regime SAM.gov website. Please produce non response to this message.
SUBJECT: Your SAM.gov Registration for [BELL , ROBERT P] volition expire on August 25 , 2017.
Dear Robert Bell ,
Your entity registration inward the System for Award Management (SAM) volition expire soon. To locomote eligible for federal awards , y'all must guide hold an active SAM registration. It is your responsibleness to hold your registration current. If y'all guide hold existing awards alongside the regime , y'all must renew your SAM registration annually to ensure continued payments
SAM.gov is an official website of the U.S. government. There is NO FEE to register or maintain your SAM registration.
To update or renew your registration , follow these instructions.
1. Go to the official SAM.gov website past times entering https://www.sam.gov/ inward your Internet browser address bar.
2. Enter your username together with password to log into SAM.
3. Select “Entity Registrations” on the My SAM page
4. Select “Existing Entity Registrations” from the “Entity Registrations” menu.
5. Select the entity y'all desire to update from the Entity List , or search for the entity , thence choose it.
6. Select “Update Entity” from Registration Details for Complete Record.
7. Complete your registration update past times next the on-screen instructions.
8. Select “Submit” at the really end. You volition run into a “Congratulations” message on the covert when y'all submit your renewal.
HELPFUL TIPS
1. Plan ahead! U.S. registrations must instruct through Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) validation. All registrations must instruct through Commercial together with Government Entity (CAGE) Code validation. Together , these processes tin accept upwardly to twelve draw organisation days subsequently y'all submit your registration. While the average is much faster , allow fourth dimension for these external processes together with start out your renewal now.
2. Get FREE assist at https://www.sam.gov on the HELP page where y'all volition find:
- The total SAM User Guide , Quick Start Guides , Helpful Hints , together with Webinars
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
3. Check your registration condition at whatever time. Go to the SAM.gov homepage at https://www.sam.gov/ together with choose Check Status. Enter your DUNS Number or CAGE Code to speedily banking concern agree your progress.
If y'all nevertheless demand assist subsequently using these resources , delight contact the Federal Service Desk at https://www.fsd.gov/ or past times telephone at 866-606-8220 (toll free) or at 334-206-7828 (international). The Federal Service Desk is a FREE service of the U.S. regime , supporting SAM together with other systems owned together with operated past times the U.S. government.
Thank y'all ,
The System for Award Management (SAM) Administrator
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