<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hey Stephanie,<br><br>I got an email from a long lost uncle, I didn't know I had, living in Zambia. He wants to give me "$100,000 in US dollars". Should I send him all my account information and $1000 to get it?<br><br>Just kidding. <br><br>Thanks for the warnings.<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Donovan<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 3/4/09, Stephanie Kalasz <i><skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Stephanie <span>Kalasz</span> <skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us><br>Subject: [Vision2020] Press Release Regarding Scams<br>To: "v2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><br>Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 9:12 AM<br><br><div id="yiv979774424">
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208-882-COPS Fax: 208-882-4020</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">March 3, 2009</span></font></p>
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police investigators have recently seen an increase in various internet and
e-mail scams. Most recently, an e-mail was circulating that appeared to offer
$150 from Wal-Mart for filling out a survey. The attached survey form in the
e-mail asked for credit card information including PIN and security code.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We remind the public to never respond to any unsolicited e-mails. In
particular, never provide personal information, or banking information unless you
have specifically navigated on the internet to a known secure business’
website.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Consumers should also consider the use of single-use account numbers
provided by many banks and credit card companies. These are intended for a
single internet, mail-order, or phone purchase and shield your account
information.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Other common scams include:</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Various lottery related scams; you can not win a lottery you did not
enter, and will never have to send money to collect legitimate winnings.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Overpayment for on-line auction or sale items (including room-mate
wanted). The scammer asks the victim to wire the overpaid amount and provides a
legitimate sounding name and address (may in fact be real). The wired funds are
collected overseas.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Shipping/billing scams: Contrary to the pitched story, UPS, FedEx, and
the USPS do cooperate and can ship to each other. They do not need you to carry
a package from one to the other. Research any billing or payment processing
jobs thoroughly and never agree to accept payment into, or transfer money from,
your personal accounts.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Please contact Detective
Bob Marr for further information on scams at
883-7065.</span></font></p>
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