What should you do when you’ve got scam email?

byverifying my information on file.

A quick call to PennDOT confirmed that the state agency does not send email reminders for auto registration.

What should make you suspicious of an email like this?

First, it did not come from the state because the website address linked to was not a pa.gov site.

Second, most institutions know that never clicking on a link in an email is a cardinal rule of security.

Third, the email had clues like “third-party program” and “verify your information.” Many of these bogus sites ask for a Social Security number. PennDOT said it never asks for an SS number for car registration.

The AARP put out a warning awhile ago that bogus websites, sometimes purporting to be the state’s official online service, have popped up in many states.

These sites overcharge if they do deliver on your registration. And some are seeking information that could expose customers to identity theft. I suspect the email I got was from one of these sites.

If you do want to renew your registration online, go to the real state site at www.dmv.pa.gov by typing it into your browser directly.

Gimme shelter. The number of telemarketing calls I get at home seems to be skyrocketing. They start at dinnertime and continue until about 9 p.m. The other day a call probably came in every 15 minutes for three straight hours. Many are callbacks of calls I didn’t answer. I am on the Do Not Call list, but that seems to have become useless. Why doesn’t the Federal Communications Commission stop trying to dismantle net neutrality and concentrate on stopping this torture by telephone?

Go Google go. A Google artificial intelligence computer program has beaten the world’s best Go player for the second time in a row, The New York Times reports. Many consider Go the most sophisticated board game, more complex than chess, another game where the computer has beaten the world’s best player. The third match in the best-of-three Go contest will be played Saturday.

Sunny for solar jobs. Solar employment grew last year 17 times faster than the total U.S. economy, according to an International Renewable Energy Agency report. Employment was 260,000, up 24 percent from 2015. The business has been helped by the falling cost of solar energy and generous federal tax credits.