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TSA Pre Check Scam - Do Not Renew or Sign Up From Link in an Email

Published: October 24, 2024

The FTC has issued a warning of a new scam in which scammers email you to have you sign up or renew a TSA PreCheck by clicking on a link and paying online. Although the link takes you to a page that looks official this is a scam.  To obtain an initial TSA PreCheck, you are required to go in person and pay in person at a TSA Enrollment Center.   TSA will not send email to renew your membership.  The only safe link to renew is thru

https://www.tsa.gov/precheck.

For more information, see the article posted by the FTC at:

https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2024/10/how-avoid-tsa-precheck-scams?utm_source=govdelivery