(adobe page 91) In the hearing last September, we announced that we had joined with the National Council of Better Business Bureaus to make a vision we share a reality. Assisted by other consumer and government agencies including AARP, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, we plan to launch what may be one of the most ambitious fraud prevention initiatives ever. In October we will mail to every home in America - approximately 114 million - a card containing valuable fraud prevention tips, which provides an 800-phone number to call and an address to write for additional information. There will also be a dedicated web site with links to the participating agencies and organizations. Additionally, an informative video is being produced that will be available at 16,000 public libraries and on the web site. The card is being designed for display by the telephone as a reference and prevention tool, in hopes of helping citizens make informed decisions regarding mail and telemarketing solicitations when they occur, so they avoid becoming victims of fraud. This very exciting and promising initiative has been named "kNOw Fraud".
Over the many years we have enforced the postal fraud, lottery and false representation statutes we have observed that the tactics of con artists are similar, and if profitable, will be repeated. I want to assure you that the Postal Inspection Service will continue to combine aggressive investigations and widespread public awareness campaigns to rid the mail of fraudulent schemes. As in the past, this effort will include schemes that include the use of the mail, which are initiated through any advertising medium - mail, telemarketing, television, newspaper or more recently the Internet. The American public's confidence in the mail is not only important to the Postal Service but also to the millions of businesses that rely on the mail as an important marketing tool. We would like to commend you for holding this hearing and generating public ity that will result in increased public awareness and a reduction in consumer vulnerabilitiy.
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