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MAGNOLIA CLIPPING SERVICE(601) 8560911 I (205) 7588610SPIRIT OF
MORTON MORTON, MS
Circulation = 1500 WEEKLY 08/05/2009
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BBlJ Warning: Wiaespreaa Hara,ssment from Phony Debt Collectors
Raises Concerns of M a ~ s Data BreachS c a m m ~ r s have SQcia.1
Security dnd bankaccount numbers, home addresses and
,-.p employer informationRidgeland, .AuguSt 4, - T h e J i ~ e r
Busi
n e ~ s Bur.5ll\l issueda national alert about phonyI'debt
collectors who lirebiting cOllSumers nalioniwide and claiming
tbat,they have d ~ f a u l t e d on iI'payday loan and will
bear-rested if they don't payimmcdilltcly. CJaimin.g I,()be
lawyers, the sCllmmmslIY they are with ihe "Financial A c c o u n t
a b i l i ~ A s -sociation" or Uu, "Fede.ra'iLegislation of
UnsecuredLoIll1s!' and are equippedwHh ,a di$co.nl!rtingIImount
o(pcmional informat.on abol4 their {lOt!!ntial victims,' ."Bec\luse
thostamm'er$: have so muchinfonnRtioD about potenlih1 victims, BBQ
is CUDcemed thatjhis may be thresult of a data b r e a c ~ " said
Bill Moak.l'Tlls(dcullCEO of the BBB ServingMississippi. "lll.ou$a
lldsof people may have hadlbeirpersonal infomlMkiltMmpromised, and
given
she Will be arrested and . ,extradited to CaliforniaWithin the
h,otit to staildtrial. The sCllmmers oneil"have. the victim 's
Sot;itilS e c ~ u i t y old lia,*,acounln l l m ' b e T s 'or
"driver,'s iicense.numbers ,as well ashome addreSlIe8, <
e:1Jl-piQY4tinfO'fml1ti'O,n andi!!vel'lihe na1l)es of personal
frhmclqltTld,professional .reft,!ttlices..The IlOn offersthe
folloWing adytce tt)ConS1JlJ)crs i r t h ~ receivea suspicjoug
telephone,call !)bout an oUtstandingdebt: the de\it coll ~ e t O r
to provide officialdocumentation which~ u b ~ t a n t i " , t e s t
h e dept.'Do not provideor Connl1l) anyb\lllkcount, c ~ d j ~ card
ot (ltherp t ) r s o l l a l l l 1 f o n n a ~ o D I?v\lrthe phone
until you It.avc,confIrmed the,legitimacyof tbe C(llt
-file a cOI1tplruntw.lth the f'cderal TradeCommission Glll'ine
if 1h!:the SCalll1Dcrs' tactics. it'appears iJ'tat thOse whohave
previ'QlIsly used 'pay-day 10M seMccs could be.parllculatlyat
risk."According to reports receivedby tho,BaBand posled oonHne, ~ h
e ,:lscammers accuse tile victim ot"defauhrng 01\ a payday loan and
elaiJn theyarebefng sued. Tbe phonydebt collector threatens'that,
if the victi,1I1 d O e s Dpay a:s l l ' i ~ c h 0$ $1,000i n \ m ~
d i a t e 1 r v i a \ V i f ~ or byptQviding-bank accnunt orcredit
card' n u m ~ l 1 . ht or
oaller is abltsive, uses... t l ~ t e J l t t ; Or uthet;t.vise
via-
iate.
