The International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators (IAFCI) is helping to spread the news about the cell phone list being released to telemarketers. The IAFCI is a non-profit international organization that provides services and an environment where information about financial fraud, fraud investigation and fraud prevention methods can be collected, exchanged and taught for the common good of the financial payment industry and global society.The IAFCI has members across the world almost evenly split between law enforcement, banking, and retail/service members to the industry. Members come from all levels of law enforcement, card associations, banks and non-banks, private label issuers, mail order houses, airlines, telecommunications, petroleum industry, processors and transporters, among others. Everyone who is involved in the security of financial transactions where a device is used to access money - a card, check, account number or some other access device - is involved in IAFCI’s effort to safeguard the world’s economy through teamwork.For nearly 30 years IAFCI was the International Association of Credit Card Investigators (IACCI), but changed its name and mission in 1996 to expand its focus to other related financial transaction crimes as well. The move was made in response to the changing crime picture, where the same criminals were committing a variety of financial crimes. The association is non-competitive and provides a neutral ground for the industry, concentrating on training and communications to prevent and suppress financial transaction fraud worldwide.For more information visit the Web: www.iafci.org. The site lists various news releases related to financial fraud including identity theft.
National directory of cell phone numbers to be released
April 29, 2005
Santa Paula News
Just when you thought it was safe to answer your phone comes news that telemarketers - some of whom can be extremely pesky - have found a new venue to disrupt your life.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesJust when you thought it was safe to answer your phone comes news that telemarketers - some of whom can be extremely pesky - have found a new venue to disrupt your life. Cell phones.The national directory of cell phone numbers - those you use for business, personal matters, keep handy for emergencies and which are a lifeline for families with children - is being published, allowing everyone access to your cell phone number. And, not only does the release of the list mean that disruption from telemarketers’ calls will be only again be a call away, such communications can also eat up pricey cell phone minutes.The release of cell phone numbers to telemarketers is a few weeks away, but you can request that such calls be blocked by calling 1-888-382-1222, the National Do Not Call List. Notifying the National Do Not Call List will block your cell phone number for five years.
