Email picture of social security and birth certificate for HPSP

Hi everyone, I have been working with an HPSP recruiter and today they asked me to send a picture of my social security card and birth certificate for my security clearance since I am currently living 14 hours from the town where my recruiter is and cannot go in person to have them scanned. I trust them, but it scares me to send pictures of these over email. Is this a normal thing to do?
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