SamSupport.net Phishing Scam!

To all of my FedGovCon friends... <note: I'm using screenshots of actual emails and website information with very little redaction becuase my SAM.gov information is basically publicly available>

Today I got a very professional looking email from SamSupport.net informing me that the SAM.Gov record for my business was about to expire in 48 hours! Oh no!

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The facts are this is a scam, and it's one of the better ones put together.

  • The SAM record noted in the screenshot does NOT expire 2019-05-01, it expires 2020/03/07. They use a 2-day expiration to create a sense of urgency.
  • When you click “renew online” you go through a series of forms at samsupport.net that collect lots of PII that could be used to hijack your SAM.gov account, including
  • Your full name, phone number and email address
  • Your sam.gov login info (user, pass)
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Then you are provided the opportunity to pay them $799.99 to renew your record for 2 years. Renewal through the legitimate SAM.Gov website is FREE and for only 1 year at a time.

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At the end of this process, you are instructed to let them call you to “perform a security audit of your information” see below. If you agree, you are told you will get a confirmation call, presumably where they extract even more information from you


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And finally you get a form telling you to mail them CERTIFIED FUNDS (cashiers check / money order) ASAP. to :

SAM Support

Processing Department

2520B N McMullen Booth Road

Suite B302

Clearwater, FL 33761-4181

Note that this address is a Rent-a-mailbox (PostalAnnex)

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I've turned this information over to SAM.gov and the GSA Inspector General. I recommend you do the same if you get a similar message.

Mohsin N.

Salesforce Architect | Ex-Microsoft & Salesforce | US Citizen | 10+ Years in Salesforce | Proven Scalable Solutions, Complex Integrations, Financial Services Cloud, Data Migration, and Enterprise Architecture

11 个月

Thanks, I started getting these email recently. Glad I googled and came across this post

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I recieved an e-mail from [email protected] as well. When I called the number, I was told that they would help "consult" my company with getting more company contracts, but I had to pay them to renew my VOSB certificate. I do agree that this is indeed a scam.

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Ebony J Jones

Occupational Therapy Practitioner

3 年

Thank you for this. I keep getting these emails mine says from [email protected]

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Do not ever let anyone work on your SAM record!!!? I have been in this business for almost 33 years and I refuse to update anyone's record.? I will screen share with them in control to help answer questions, but never will I posses their credentials. For anyone who needs help renewing their record, I will answer any questions you may have...? FREE.

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