Postal Service, Inspectors team up for National Consumer Protection Week

Asbury Heights Care Center to receive ‘Identity Theft & Ponzi Scheme Prevention’ seminar on March 10

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What:
Postal Service officials and U.S. Postal Inspectors will host a seminar at the Asbury Heights Continuing Care Center to educate the community of “Identity Theft and Ponzi Scams” as part of National Consumer Protection Week. Officials will provide consumers with valuable information about protecting their assets from the schemes as well as ways to report suspected financial fraud.

Who:
U.S. Postal Inspector Ken Wiloch

When:
1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Where:
Asbury Heights Continuing Care Center
700 Bower Hill
Mt. Lebanon, PA 15243

Background:
National Consumer Protection Week is a national program led by the Federal Trade Commission to draw attention to issues and ideas that help customers become smarter consumers and learn how to combat fraud of any type.

The U.S. Postal Service Office of Consumer Advocate and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are working to educate consumers about identity theft and fraudulent schemes. The Postal Service will provide consumers with the tools and information needed to combat these crimes.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 149 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes, six days a week. It has 34,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services, not tax dollars, to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.