<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>The scam letter we get annually is from "Federal Processing"</div><div><br></div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn" data-sigid="4712890000000011003" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true"><div>Matt Lubbers-Moore<br></div><div>FDL Director<br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="zmail_extra_hr" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;"><br></div><div class="zmail_extra" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true"><div><br></div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:37:52 -0400 <b>Cynthia Stanczak via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org></b> wrote ---<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="blockquote_zmail" style="margin: 0px;"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="size" style="font-size:small">Hello all,</span><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size:small">Just received my first "spam" email from a for-profit business trying to convince me to click their link and use their service to renew our SAM.gov account, for the low, low price of $349. </span><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size:small">SAM.gov accounts expire yearly, BUT are completely free to renew and it takes only about 10 minutes (and three confirmation code verifications) to submit your renewal through SAM.gov. Especially if you or someone in your organization is new in that role or to SAM.gov this year, please forward this to them before they commit to sharing that information, including the library's banking information, to a for-profit company and paying for the privilege. </span><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><span class="x_1661354813gmail_default">This company in particular is USAFilingGuide.com and the email was titled "</span><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 31, 31)">Your SAM Registration is Expiring - ALBION DISTRICT LIBRARY<span class="size" style="font-size:small">." The email is plain text, looks very much like an automated notification email, and includes our CAGE code, and SAM UEI. </span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 31, 31)"><span class="size" style="font-size:small"><br></span></span></span></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 31, 31)"><span class="size" style="font-size:small">Just a heads up. Best wishes, folks!</span></span></span><br></div><h3 style="overflow: hidden; font-size: 0.75rem; font-weight: inherit; margin: inherit; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(95, 99, 104); line-height: 20px" class="x_1661354813gmail-iw x_1661354813gmail-gFxsud"><br></h3><div><div class="x_1661354813gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Cynthia Stanczak, MLS (she/her)<br>Library Director<br>Albion District Library<br>501 S. Superior St.</div><div>Albion, MI 49224<br></div><div>(517) 629-3993<br></div><div><br></div><div>Albion District Library: Transforming Minds, Changing Lives. <br>Proudly serving our community since 1919.<br>Online at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.albionlibrary.org">www.albionlibrary.org</a>, or find us on Facebook! </div><div><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size:10px"><i>My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel obligated to reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.</i></span><br></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Michlib-l mailing list <br><a target="_blank" href="mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org">Michlib-l@mcls.org</a> <br><a target="_blank" href="https://mail3.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l">https://mail3.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l</a> <br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>