[ale] OT: Security code on Credit/Debit cards

[Lightner, Jeff]

You could always look in the phone book blue pages for U.S. Government.
Secret Service is part of the Department of Treasury (which is why they
deal with this and counterfeiting).

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Scott Castaline
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:50 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Security code on Credit/Debit cards

On 02/22/2010 09:10 AM, Avery Ceo wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com
> <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     ...
>
>      > 2) You won't get local police to investigate.  If you have
something
>      > solid, however, there is someone who will.  Believe it or not,
>     primary
>      > investigative jurisdiction on "access device fraud - including
credit
>      > and debit cards falls, to the Secret Service.  We called them
>     directly,
>      > and they were very happy for the info we were able to give
them.  The
>      > faster you move to call them, the better chance they have -
>     cameras, etc.
>      >
>     How? Do you think it's too late for me to contact Secret Service?
>
>
> I pulled the number off their web site
> -http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml .  Atlanta field
> office number is (404) 331-6111.  As for how late is too late, it
can't
> see how it would hurt to give them the information and let them
decide.
>
> Avery
>
>
>
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Last Fri evening I had tried calling that # for Atlanta, but they were 
already closed for the weekend. I was able to go through their multiple 
menu layers and was finally able to leave a voice mail to the regional 
agent on call, but haven't received any call back yet. Is that the same 
# your company used in the past? At this point paranoia is setting in 
really deep, so I ask, how sure can I be that it's not a phony web site 
and how sure can I be that I am actually communicating with the Secret 
Service and not some fake set-up? We hear how people are fooled by 
people impersonating a police office with valid looking police id and 
equipment and I could go on, but it is Monday and I don't want to put 
everyone to sleep.
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