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U.S. Postal Inspection ServiceNowhere to Run: Cross-Border Fraud (2005)

United States Postal Inspection Service

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Nowhere to Run: Cross-Border Fraud
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The Internet and international phone calls make it easy for fraudsters to work from anywhere in the world. This film illustrates how U.S. Postal Inspectors created task forces with Canadian law enforcement partners to stop “long distance” scams.

Millie's a sweetheart. Always ready to help out. Help out with a bake sale, a school; outing or community park clean-up.

She even helped out the nice man who called by sending him part of her life savings.

Millie didn't realize, of course, she was talking to a scam artist from outside the country who would wipe out her retirement savings. And that's not surprising.

Today, the Internet and international phone calls make it easy for victims—many of them older Americans—to be targeted from anywhere in the world. Scam artists use false names and electronic tricks to hide who and where they really are.

U.S.-Canadian cross border fraud task forces are helping stop these crimes, but prevention still is the best medicine.

Fortunately, consumer fraud is one of the few crimes in which potential victims can say "No!" If, that is, they recognize the warning signs.

Protect yourself:

• Be way of anything that promises large sums of money, such as sweepstakes or lottery winnings, in exchange for your advance payment, donation or investment.
• Don't be pressured into making a decision about an offer. Check it out first!
• Be cautious about businesses that try to conceal their mailing addresses and phone numbers and evade questions about their operations.

If the offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Cros-Border Task Forces:
Atlantic Partnership - New Brunswick
Project Emptor - British Columbia
Alberta Partnership
Toronto Strategic Partnership
Project Colt - Montreal
The Vancouver Strategic Alliance

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Credits

Starring:

Robert Pralgo
Leigh Hill
Joe Washington

A High Noon Film

Written and Directed by Les Rayburn
Executive Producer: Inspector Christopher Giusti
Creative Director: Daniel Mihalko
Technical Advisor: Inspector Tim Mahoney
Line Producer: Abby Rayburn

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