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Phony Social
Security Reps Shut Down
The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it, the US Postal
Inspection Service and several law enforcement agencies in Canada
have shut down a call
center whose employees masqueraded as Social Security Administration officials
and told older adults in the US that SSA's computer system had crashed.
The callers allegedly informed these consumers that they needed to
recite their
bank account numbers and bank routing information in order to re-establish
their agency accounts and avoid a cutoff of their Social Security benefits.
The Federal Trade Commission reports that consumers who complied had their
bank accounts electronically debited with a notation that the charges were
for prescription drug discount services. It reports further that no such
services were delivered.
Named as defendants in the enforcement action are Xtel Marketing, Inc.,
Navin Baboolal and Annilla Ramkissoon of Toronto. The defendants allegedly
did business
using the names Millennium Consulting and Med Supply.
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November 22, 2004
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