From the Federal Citizen Information Center:
Thanks to a con that has spread like wildfire in recent months, there’s new concern for anyone with a bank account and a telephone number. The new trickery is called "smishing." It’s a cousin of "phishing," an attempt to get personal information via e-mails or other electronic communication. "Smishing" relies on wireless phones for identity theft by using a communications protocol called SMS (short message service), which sends text messages. Read more…
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From the Federal Citizen's Information Center:
Experts and law-enforcement officials who track Internet crime say scams have intensified in the past six months, as fraudsters take advantage of economic confusion and anxiety to target both consumers and businesses. Thieves are sending out phony emails and putting up fake Web sites pretending to be banks, mortgage-service providers or even government agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Cellphones and Internet-based phone services have also been used to seek out victims.
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1/8/2009 ODEP News Release:
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled recently launched a landmark initiative to enhance quality work environments for more than 40,000 Americans employed through AbilityOne, a program that provides employment through the federal procurement process to people who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
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