When the WWW first got going there was a phishing banner ad that used to appear on sketchy sites which asked: "Has your credit card been stolen? Check now!" and there was a place where you could type in your numbers. I can only imagine how many suckers got taken in by that one. The only way I would type in my SSN is if the URL was https://www.ssa.gov
Don't put your SSN in...
When the WWW first got going there was a phishing banner ad that used to appear on sketchy sites which asked: "Has your credit card been stolen? Check now!" and there was a place where you could type in your numbers. I can only imagine how many suckers got taken in by that one. The only way I would type in my SSN is if the URL was https://www.ssa.gov