A form of the Social Security Scam that popped back up here in Coconut Creek is the basis for this Coconut Creek Police Department Scam Alert. A man recently filed a report with us after he got a pop-up on his laptop computer claiming that his social security number was compromised. He called the phone number provided and then the scammers convinced him to withdraw money from his bank account and deposit it into a bitcoin machine to take care of the problem. Of course, it was a scam. The government would never reach out to you using a pop-up on your computer. If you get a similar phone call, just hang up.