Dear School Business Professionals,District staff may receive emails to pay for access to System for Award Management (SAM) – see sample scam email below. This company is preying on districts that may or may not know or understand what SAM is.
SAM.gov is a legitimate Official U.S. Government Website:
The System for Award Management, or SAM, is a government-wide portal that is consolidating the capabilities of multiple systems and information sources used by the Federal government in conducting the acquisition and financial assistance (which includes grants and cooperative agreements) processes. It does not cost to have access to the SAM system.
If you receive communications from registrationscenter.com such as the email below, please disregard/delete it. SAM is a free service and registration is done through the sam.gov website.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Regards,
School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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SAMPLE SCAM EMAIL BELOW
Subject: Compliancy Update Needed- CAGE CODE 6JNJ8
This email was sent by an automated administrator. Please do not reply to this message. Dear _________,
You’re receiving this message because your US Federal Government Registration SAM (System For Award Management) for CAGE CODE 6JNJ8, CUYAMA JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, CITY OF CUYAMA is expiring Friday, September 30th, 2022 (09/30/22), which needs to be updated.
If you do not update and complete the registration process, this can result in interference and/or delay with Federal Government FÏ…nding and/or Awards; as SAM registrations must be current, complete, active and compliant for Federal Government Awards, grants, and payments. According to SAM guidelines and policy , expired/and/or non-completed, compliant registrations may risk the possibility of becoming placed into deletion of information status within the system.
To begin the updating process, select the link below and follow the instructions. You will be contacted within 24 business hours for confirmation from the assigned Registration Expert. UPDATE NOW: registrationscenter.com/renew/6JNJ8
Please have your CAGE CODE 6JNJ8 ready.
For assistance please contact 1-800-994-4137.
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